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Edwin Butterworth, Jr.
CENTENNIAL
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
Published on the occasion of the Centennial of Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University Press
1975 Brigham Young University Centennial Center. All rights reserved Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602 Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
vii Foreword
ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 The Beginnings to 1876 13 The Spiritual Architect 1876-1892 29 Widening Horizons 1892-1903 51 Period of Progress 1904-1921 95 Maturity and Recognition 1921-1945 171 A Time of Transition 1945-1949 197 The Great Expansion 1951-1971 301 Thrust toward Excellence 1971- 347 Index
Foreword
A Centennial celebration invites us to light birthday candles in honor of those whose cake we eat. And we, who harvest where we have not sown, rightly pause to meet as well as to thank our fathers. Their seedling is now grown into a mag- nificent and fruitful tree. It is especially fitting that one whose personal experience spans the past quarter of a century of that growth should conduct us on this visual tour, especially when his eyewitness account is implemented by a lifetime career of writing about the very events and people pictured before us.
That person is Edwin Butterworth, Jr., a former newspaper man who was brought to the Brigham Young University campus by President Howard McDonald to be- come one-third of a fledgling journalism faculty. He came when a flood of GTs returning from World War II threatened to engulf the University. Having served professionally on the Salt Lake Telegram, the Salt Lake Tribune, and the Deseret News, and having distinguished himself as a serious student of the writer's craft, brother "Ed," as he was and is affectionately known, soon found himself doing two people's work — that of teacher and that of news reporter for the entire University.
Under President Wilkinson he was assigned full time to man, manage, and ex- pedite the BYU News Bureau. In that post his sixth sense of spotting newsworthy stories plus his scholarly hunger for permanent meaning led him to collect not only thousands of files of what happened as it happened, and of who made it happen, but also the negatives and pictures of how it happened. It is this rich legacy of interest, skill, and source materials that the author of this volume brings to his readers. In so doing, he continues his lifetime practice of not only carrying forward his crowded daily assignments but also preparing a manuscript during his "spare time."
Amid the vortex of industry our author has not only created this volume but has guided our Centennial staff in selecting pictures for its mural-size Walk of the Century exhibit and theme displays at the Marriott Center. He has also served as a living source book of factual data to assist our construction of three time-line summaries of historical highlights in that exhibit. To further aid our assembling of Centennial background information, he has also dipped into the vast files of ma- terials he has written for the University and its officials.
Now we can leisurely enjoy 1,000 Views of 100 Years as seen through the eyes and guided by the pen of Ed Butterworth. As we respond to the exciting moments and linger with the tender memories of these fruitful years, we thank Ed for his prescient instincts — for seeing, saving, and sharing — that we might savor a visual feast of a glorious past.
Lor in F. Wheelwright
Centennial Director and
Dean Emeritus, College of Fine Arts and Communications
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April 26, 1975
Preface
Those associated with the establishment of Brigham Young University all have passed from the scene; those familiar with its early development are few, and the memories of those involved in its later progress are faulty. Yet photographs remain to preserve the record and the feeling of a century that was and never will be again. Although pictures cannot describe in detail the many events and ideas, they cap- ture forever moments of time, giving substance to the imagination, providing an accurate view of people in their milieux, and imparting, through the frankness of the lens, a message of reality and integrity that words can never capture.
A great sense of indebtedness overwhelms the compiler of a pictorial record as he contemplates the work of photographers of decades past who may or may not have been conscious that they were preserving history but who had the desire to take pictures. We are aware that the creators of some photographs were pictorial journalists, possessing a sense of history, who recorded those events with the best means at hand as a legacy for those who were to follow. Using many cameras, focusing on many persons in an infinite number of compositions, they took pictures for posterity as if to say to us: “This is what we did. This is how we looked. This is how it was. This is what happened. Remember us!"
Most of the University's history cannot be visualized. The development of philosophies, the growth of administrative processes, the negotiations for financing, the creative thought, the reach for ideas — all of these take place in the invisible processes of the mind. The detail of this history has been recorded by others in comprehensive volumes. This book, however, is intended to present the history in a more quickly assimilated form through pictures, augmenting those other works through nostalgia and visual understanding of the people and their times as only pictures can do. Some of the photographs were selected because they record an obviously historical event, others because they are rich in the flavor of their times and have the power to create an image of the past, and still others because they complete the record.
Pictures not only document events; they arouse feelings of empathy. Who are the students in the old uniforms? What are the professors talking about? What has become of them all? How was life then? The reader may be intrigued or amused by the quaintness of the dress or customs or environment, yet he is at the same time conscious that to the subjects at that point in time it was all throbbingly real and deadly serious. The emotions, the needs, the desires, the struggles of the people in the pictures were little different from those of today. The sensitive and contemplative reader will feel heartache for the stunned students viewing the ruins of their burned school, pride for the early athletes in their homemade uniforms dis- playing their prowess at the rickety old grandstand, admiration for the band mem- bers looking like an emperor's personal guard in their resplendent uniforms, affec- tion for the pretty girl graduates in their long, white dresses, and veneration not only for the burdened faculty at the old warehouse but for their devoted successors as well.
Thousands of photographs were reviewed for this volume. Understandably, they were scarce for the early years of the institution, becoming more abundant as time progressed. Great numbers of them were not suitable for publication, and other thousands with great value had to be left out by a process of agonizing decision as to the best representation for the space allowed. Some may feel that there are too many groups, and some may feel there is too much emphasis on physical environ- ment. But groups were the subjects of early photographers, and physical plant changes mark the progress of the school while providing convenient time seg- ments. We hope the pages contain something nostalgic, inspiring, and significant to a wide variety of tastes, for we attempted to provide a wide range of university concerns: buildings going up or coming down, commencements, homecomings, classroom scenes, student antics, parades, faculty doings, groundbreakings, dedi- cations, sports scenes, dramas, concerts, and many others typical of the University.
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A strict chronological arrangement was not possible in all cases, but photographs are presented in their time period or sometimes with related earlier or later events where the connection is necessary to complete an idea. Indeed, many were not dated or otherwise identified and were placed only after considerable detective work. To some extent it is convenient to organize a history in divisions represent- ing university presidents and their administrations. But a university is a big enter- prise, and supporting each president are dedicated deans, chairmen, faculty mem- bers, business officers, students, and staff. Obviously, in a single picture book it is impossible to include them all, and the pictures must be limited to a representation.
One hundred years is a long time, and many people cross the stage. We can never repay the dedication, sacrifice, struggle, and generosity of thousands; we can only remember in grateful tribute. All of that first one hundred years is but a pre- lude to the future. Brigham Young University enters its second century of service with hard-won foundations, ideals which have been proven over decades, fine traditions, lofty standards, and determination to continue in the next century the commitment enunciated in its Centennial slogan: "Dedicated to Love of God, Pursuit of Truth, Service to Mankind."
— Edwin Butterworth, Jr.
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgment is gratefully given to those who provided valuable assistance or suggestions or who generously allowed the author to use pictures from their precious collections. Special thanks are extended to Hollis Scott, archivist of the Harold B. Lee Library, for his interest in the work, loan of University collections, verification of many facts, and helpful suggestions; to Dr. Mark K. Allen, Dr. Albert D. Swensen, Clarence Taylor, Fred L. Markham, Homer Wakefield, and Lynn Wakefield for sharing their family photograph collections; to Ronald G. Hyde and Norma King of the BYU Alumni Association Office, Chad Flake in Special Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library, the BYU Public Communications Depart- ment (News Bureau), the Utah State Historical Society, and M. Ephraim Hatch of the Physical Plant Department for the use of pictures and negatives from their files; to Dr. Wayne B. Hales, a faithful photographer of the campus scene during several decades; to Floyd Brereton for making available the collection of negatives pre- served by his grandfather, Joseph B. Walton; to John Blake, who provided memen- tos of his aunt, Elizabeth Maiben Magleby; to photographer Doug Martin; to the Y News, Daily Universe, Banyan, and BYU Photo Studio. To President Dallin H. Oaks for the assignment to produce the pictorial history; to Dr. Lorin F. Wheel- wright, assistant to the president in charge of the Centennial celebration, for his counsel and capable management of numerous arrangements necessary for the project; to the editor, Louise Hanson, and layout artist, Robert Milberg, at the Brigham Young University Press for their long and talented efforts in preparing a finished product; and to the careful work of the Printing Service.
While the great volume of information was obtained from University Archives and from News Bureau files built up by the author over twenty-five years, he ac- knowledges his gratitude to Dr. Ernest L. Wilkinson, editor and director of the Centennial History project, and his staff for allowing him to read the first half of the manuscript for the three-volume history, giving him valuable perspective and insight. Roy Bird, editor-manager for the three-volume work in the University Press, read the pictorial history for accuracy and supplied many helpful suggestions.
Introduction
On October 16, 1875, twenty years before Utah became a state, a deed of trust establishing the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah, was signed by Brigham Young, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and spiritual and temporal leader of the religious people he had directed in the colonization of a a vast region of the West. After 100 years, that frontier school, founded only twenty-six years after the first precarious construction of log cabins in Utah Valley, is now Brigham Young University, an institution of world importance and the largest church-related university in the United States.
That transformation is remarkable, but it is a wonder that the school survived at all. Brigham Young died on August 29, 1877, less than two years after the found- ing of the school, leaving it inadequately endowed and handicapped with a burden- some trustee organization. When he became ill, deeds for the conveyance of $40,000 in property were taken to his room by his secretary, George Reynolds, for his signature, but they were never signed. The Academy became dependent almost entirely upon tuitions for its maintenance, but they were not enough. Efforts were made to obtain help from the Church, but it, too, was in financial trouble. The original deed of trust stated that any action by the trustees of the school was sub- ject to the approval of Brigham Young or his heirs. After his death it was virtually impossible to assemble the many heirs for any business, and until 1890, when a new organization was effected, business of the school was shackled.
When fire destroyed its only building in 1884, the school was forced to operate in temporary quarters for many years. On several occasions it came close to abandonment by the trustees because of lack of funds and was rescued only by the will and sacrifices of the faculty and local leaders. Principal Karl G. Maeser and his staff taught for meager salaries, paid irregularly or not at all, or for anything they could get (sometimes produce gathered in wheelbarrows at the homes of their students) rather than see the school close. Abraham O. Smoot, chairman of the board, died in 1895 deeply in debt, having devoted his personal fortune to the continuance of the school. The founding and survival of the Academy was pos- sible and became a reality only through the vision and sacrifice of such men as Principals Warren Dusenberry, Karl G. Maeser, and Benjamin Cluff, Jr., as well as the faithful members of the Board of Trustees, such as Abraham O. Smoot, Harvey Cluff, Wilson Dusenberry, and others. And credit for transforming the Academy from its hesitant start to an important university must go to succeeding presidents of the University: George H. Brimhall, Franklin S. Harris, Howard S. McDonald, Ernest L. Wilkinson, and Dallin H. Oaks.
The establishment of an academy in 1875 in Provo, a frontier town of 3,000 inhabitants (most of whom could barely provide for themselves the necessities of life), before there were any public grade schools or high schools and in the face of governmental and sectarian opposition was an act of faith and is evidence of the Latter-day Saints' intense commitment to education. Practically an article of faith in Mormon doctrine and practice, education is a fundamental principle based on modern revelation, as set forth in the Doctrine and Covenants:
"The glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth" (D&C 93:36).
"Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection. And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence . . . , he will have so much the advantage in the world to come" (D&C 130:18-19).
"It is impossible for a man to be saved in ignorance" (D&C 131:6).
In the History of the Church (4:588) Joseph Smith is quoted: "A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge."
With such revelation actually placing knowledge and its intelligent application at the foundation of salvation, it is understandable that the Mormon people have accepted heavy sacrifices to make sure their children are educated. Consequently,
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schools are mentioned frequently in Church history before Brigham Young Acad- emy was founded. In 1832 the School of the Prophets was established in Kirtland, Ohio, by revelation for "instruction in all things that are expedient for . . . those who are called to the ministry" (D&C 88:127). And as the Saints suffered per- secution and moved to various locations to establish new communities, schools were established in Kirtland, Ohio; Independence, Missouri; Far West, Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; and finally in Utah Territory.
Miraculously the Brigham Young Academy survived, and now, as Brigham Young University, it enters its second century. The school has an enrollment of 25,000 students, a level set by the Board of Trustees that has remained constant since 1970. The figure represents a 500 percent increase over the 1950 enrollment. BYU students come from every state in the United States and from more than seventy foreign countries — admission being open to students of all races, faiths, and countries. Moreover, through its program of continuing education, the Uni- versity serves more than 200,000 students throughout the United States and abroad and maintains permanent centers in Austria, France, Spain, Mexico, En- gland, and Israel. In 1974 the Church College of Hawaii at Laie became the Brigham Young University-Hawaii campus.
Providing for the instruction and service of the large student body are more than 3,000 full-time faculty members, staff, and administrative employees, with some 250 job titles and representing such a broad scope of professional skills that the University could thrive as an independent community, complete with all the services and cultural benefits available in a large, modern city. The faculty in- cludes some of the world's most distinguished authorities in science and letters.
The campus, situated on an eminence overlooking the agricultural and industrial area of Utah County and nestled at the foot of the majestic Wasatch Mountains, includes 529 acres on its central campus in addition to a 610-acre experimental and educational farm at Spanish Fork, a student laboratory farm north of campus, and an Alpine camp in Provo Canyon. The physical plant contains 380 buildings with 5.5 million square feet of floor space, and the immaculately maintained campus is considered one of the most beautiful in America.
The University maintains on-campus residence halls for 6,000 students, nu- merous cafeterias and other food operations, a large bookstore, a post office, a photo studio, a bowling alley, game rooms, a laundry, presses, a barber shop, and other conveniences. Soon a complex of buildings will be constructed nearby to house the language training missions of the Church.
Despite its size, BYU is a friendly and democratic institution with no social units restricting membership. However, plenty of activity is available for all with scores of academic, departmental, geographical, athletic, and religious organizations on campus. In addition, 119 branches in twelve stakes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are fully organized on campus, staffed mainly by students.
Membership in the Church is not required for admission to the University, al- though at present about 95 percent of the students are members of the Church. Everyone, including each nonmember, is required to observe high standards of dress and conduct. More than 8,000 students are former missionaries who have served in over 100 missions throughout the world. During the campus dis- orders of the late 1960s and early 1970s BYU attracted national attention for its maintenance of law and order, dress standards, and respect for the flag.
Brigham Young University offers the associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees, and is organized into thirteen colleges that provide college training in 140 subjects. The colleges are Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Business, Law, Education, Family Living, Humanities, Engineering and Technology, Fine Arts and Communications, Nursing, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Physical Educa- tion, General Studies, and Social Sciences. In addition. Religious Instruction is a
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university-wide subject in which faculty members from many departments par- ticipate. There are also the Continuing Education Division, Graduate School, Re- search Division, Computer Services, and Honors Program. The University is ac- credited by the nationally recognized accrediting agencies, both institutional and departmental, and its graduates and transferees are accepted to all institutions of higher learning.
Contributing to "education in living" at BYU is the unique assembly program which is probably unmatched anywhere. Assemblies are held weekly in the huge Marriott Center (capacity 23,000), where thousands of students gather to hear Church leaders and the world's outstanding authorities in the arts, letters, sciences, education, adventure, journalism, and government.
Recognized as a center of culture in the West, BYU brings to the campus through its Lyceum program the world's outstanding musical groups and artists. Available to students also are hundreds of departmental concerts, dramas, operas, art exhibits, lectures, and conferences. In the 1972-73 academic year alone a total of 38,600 persons attended dramatic arts events, and 208,875 were counted at musical events.
The University is a member of the Western Athletic Conference and is con- sistently a strong contender in conference and national sports competition. It owns the best record of any school in the conference for its total athletic program.
Few universities have been recognized for talent as has Brigham Young Uni- versity. The famous International Folk Dancers have represented the United States ten times on tours in Europe and at international folk festivals in dozens of Euro- pean and Middle Eastern countries. BYU Program Bureau variety troupes have toured the Orient, Europe, and South America many times; dramatic casts have taken plays to military bases in the Far East and Europe; and the renowned A Cap- pella Choir has toured Europe four times, winning international prizes.
This has been a brief contrast between the halting start of Brigham Young Uni- versity and its current impressive stature as it completes its first 100 years of ser- vice. Certainly, the massive and complex modern university was beyond the com- prehension and wildest hope of those who struggled through its troubled inception. Those who now cross the stage are infinitely more sophisticated — familiar with moon landings, radio and television, control of disease, organ transplants, the computer, atomic power, supersonic speed, synthetic diamonds, and stereophonic sound — and it is entirely possible that the second 100 years of BYU may bring developments beyond the comprehension of those who now celebrate the first.
Yet some aspects of the University have remained unchanged over the century, such as faith in God, industry, integrity, and service to his Church for the salvation of mankind — all of which characterized the lives of the school's founders and motivated its present vital operation and which will be the identifying qualities of those who look back from the bicentennial.
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The Beginnings tol 876
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A history of Brigham Young University, pictorial or prose, must of necessity be- gin with its forerunners, since the in- stitution was a development of its pioneer milieu.
Let us begin, then, at March 12, 1849, when John 5. Higbee, called by Brigham Young, led a company of thirty families with "130 souls" into Utah Valley to establish a settlement. Three miles north of Provo River they were met by hostile Timpanogos Utes, and an excited brave told them not to come farther. Dimick Huntington, the interpreter, convinced him that the settlers meant no harm, and they were allowed to camp near Provo River. There they built Fort Utah on the south side of the river near what is now Center Street and Vineyard Road. The position was precarious be- cause just a month earlier a company of thirty-one men led by Colonel John Scott had fought a pitched battle with cattle-rustling Indians at Battle Creek (Pleasant Grove) and had killed many of them. It was because the killings had distressed Brigham Young that he sent the Higbee Company to try to establish a peaceful settlement.
The pioneers planted crops and built a sawmill, and in typical Mormon fash- ion, they also started a school in one of the log cabins in the stockade. Mary Ann Turner taught the children and was joined later in the teaching duties by George W. Bean after he had lost an arm in the premature explosion of the fort's only cannon. Indians sometimes peeked into the fort, and the children held up to their view pictures of Indians they had drawn, whereupon the natives fled in great alarm, much to the amuse- ment of the pupils.
But soon the fort was in a state of siege. An Indian brave. Old Bishop, was killed in a quarrel over stolen clothing. In reprisal, the Indians killed many cattle and fired upon the settlers.
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The original fort was on low, wet ground, and on the advice of Brigham Young, the settlers started a new fort in the fall of 1849 and moved in 1850 to more advantageous land about two miles to the northeast, where North (Sowiette) Park is now located. There they built Fort Provo, named after Etienne Provot, an early French trapper in the area. In this stockade they con- structed another schoolhouse, fifty feet long, which also served as a meeting- house, and started a harness shop, a flour mill, a threshing machine, and other industries.
Here again the Indians, displeased with the presence of the white settlers, taunted them, killed their cattle, some- times shot arrows or firearms in their direction, and caused general mischief. A military company led by George Grant came to the aid of Fort Provo. Interpreter Dimick Huntington again tried to pow-wow, but the Indians fired on the troops, precipitating a two-day battle around a deserted cabin on Provo River near the fort until the Indians fled. Many had been killed.
Chief Walker was furious over the incident and threatened to massacre the dwellers in the fort. However, Chief Sowiette, who had befriended the Mor- mons, warned the belligerent Walker that he would defend the settlers if Walker tried to carry out his threat. The residents were saved.
The optimistic pioneers in 1850 had the area south of the fort surveyed into a city of one square mile with four-acre blocks and a town square in the center (now Pioneer Park). In the same year the city was granted a charter, and in 1851 the settlers began moving out of the fort. Although tax laws for public schools were passed in 1863, only pri- vate and Church schools existed for many years.
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On July 18, 1853, Indians killed a guard at Fort Payson, precipitating the Walker War, which raged in much of Utah. Brigham Young advised the settlers throughout the area to move closer to- gether and build walls around their towns as a defense. The next spring the settlers who had established themselves along the river bottoms and other out- lying areas of Provo moved into the city and began construction of a mud wall on what is now Seventh West Street from Sixth South to Fifth North, east on these streets to the present University Avenue, and along the Avenue to complete the enclosure. The wall had a rock foundation 18 inches thick, a height of 12 to 14 feet, a base width of 4 to 6 feet, and a top width of 2 feet, reinforced with poles and planks within. There were portholes and other arrangements for defense. Work went on for about two years, during which time the west and south sides and part of the north side were completed. As the danger of Indian attack grew less, work was discontinued. The wall re- mained standing a number of years but has since disappeared.
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This very early photograph of West Center Street in Provo illustrates the thrust of the city toward industry and commerce, after a beginning of extreme hardship. The subsiding of Indian hostilities did not mean the end of trouble for the pioneers. The grass- hopper invasions of 1854 and 1855 practically wiped out their crops, and the settlers suffered much hunger and hardship.
Adding to their woes in 1857, Presi- dent James Buchanan of the United States, who had been misinformed about Mormon activities in the Great Basin, sent government troops to Utah to end Brigham Young's governorship and put down what Buchanan had been told erroneously was a rebellion. The new governor, Alfred Cumming, when
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he arrived in April, 1858, was alarmed to see a great exodus south from Salt Lake City. But his reassurances were too late to stop it, and thirty thousand refugees moved into Utah Valley, which was already struggling for survival. It was not until June of 1858 that negotia- tions with Cumming were complete and the people were convinced they could return to Salt Lake City. The troops moved to Camp Floyd, west of Utah Lake.
The Dusenberry Brothers Credit for elevating the cultural and educational life of Utah Valley and pav- ing the way for the establishment of Brigham Young Academy in 1875 should be given to two brothers, War- ren Newton Dusenberry and Wilson Howard Dusenberry. Warren, born in Pennsylvania in 1836, and Wilson, born in Illinois in 1841, came west in 1860 with their parents, a brother, and two sisters. Their mother, Aurilla Coray Dusenberry, was converted to Mor- monism as early as 1846. Their father, Mahlon, never joined the Church, and their religious differences eventually split the family. They stayed in Provo six weeks in 1860 before pressing on to Sacramento, and Warren had oppor- tunity to receive more schooling at Vacaville College.
Aurilla returned in 1862 with War- ren, Wilson, and daughters Mary Ann and Martha Jane to Provo, where the brothers were immediately engaged to teach in the First Ward School and other schools. Warren found the supply of school books woefully inadequate, and, characteristically, from his personal funds he purchased fifty dollars worth of books in Salt Lake City to bolster the book collection.
During his first year in Provo he par- ticipated in a series of public lectures treating various phases of education. "He advocated less harsh discipline, declared that lessons should be made attractive to the pupils, and urged that good manners and proper social con- duct should be characteristic of the schoolroom," explains one biography.
Warren N. Dusenberry, operator of schools that were the forerunners of the Brigham Young Academy and first principal of the Academy, December 4, 1875-April 15, 1876.
Wilson H. Dusenberry, early teacher in Provo and member of the first Board of Trustees of Brigham Young Academy. He continued as a member of the Board until 1921.
Cluff Hall School
The next year, while Wilson continued on at the First Ward School, Warren operated a grade school of his own with eighty-three scholars in Cluff Hall, a large adobe building at Second North and Second East. He did whatever was necessary to accomplish his task, even making some of the furniture with his own hands. Some of the first desks used in the Brigham Young Academy were constructed by Warren Dusen- berry for use in his school at Cluff Hall.
The next term there were 120 stu- dents, and both Warren and Wilson taught grammar, geography, algebra, declamation and essays, arithmetic, animal science, beginning architecture, reading, and spelling. A Mr. Daniels taught music. The school's curriculum led to a literary society, debates, a band, athletics, and drama.
There were always problems of fi- nances. The people were poor, and farmers needed the children at home to help with the farm work. The new school board allotted them $3.50 per scholar per three-month term. In addi- tion, the Dusenberrys were busy with other interests. They opened a store and a telegraph agency and worked in the post office, and Warren was a mem- ber of the Grand Jury. The brothers had been baptized in 1864, and Warren went on a mission in 1867.
The Kinsey Building School After a lapse of four years Warren again opened a school for the higher grades in the Kinsey Building at First West and Center Street. During the 1869-70 school year, students came in such num- bers that the Kinsey Building proved too small; it was necessary to move to more commodious quarters in the Lewis Building, owned by Brigham Young.
The Timpanogos Branch of the University of Deseret In the winter of the same year. Terri- torial Superintendent of Schools Robert L. Campbell; Elder George A. Smith, an apostle of the Church; Daniel H. Wells, chancellor of the University of Deseret; and other officials visited the school and
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were so favorably impressed that in May, 1870, they decided to transform the Dusenberry School into the Tim- panogos Branch of the University of Deseret, with Warren Dusenberry as principal. The enrollment soon reached 300, and it became necessary to employ additional teachers, including Frank E. Stone, John E. Booth, T. B. Lewis, Wilson Dusenberry, Abner Keeler, and others. Brigham Young supported the school by waiving the rent to the Lewis Building because the school was accomplishing what the Church leaders desired: to train their children at home rather than sending them to Eastern finishing schools or to one of the schools of other denomina- tions springing up along the Wasatch Front.
The Timpanogos Branch was sus- pended in 1875 when the Territorial Legislature refused to appropriate any more funds, and local residents would not consent to taxes. Teachers had to collect produce in wheelbarrows for wages. Moreover, Warren Dusenberry had been forced to spread himself too thin. He was called to New York in 1871 to serve in the Emigration Com- pany and was also busy as a lawyer, as a probate judge, and as Utah County Superintendent of Common Schools. In his report for 1874-75, the Terri- torial Superintendent stated that it was necessary to suspend the operation of the school that May "owing to an im- perfect organization," a statement never satisfactorily explained.
After his brief term as principal of Brigham Young Academy, Warren Dusenberry also held positions as city attorney, city councilman, mayor of Provo, county and district judge, and territorial attorney.
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In 1852 the Saints built a home in Provo for their beloved leader and apostle, George Albert Smith. It was an adobe house, two stories high, 60 by 30 feet, with two large rooms on each floor. Elder Smith soon donated it back to the community, and it became the Provo
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Seminary, or schoolhouse, and the Third Ward Meeting House until an- other chapel was built in 1901. This photograph was taken at the corner- stone laying for the new chapel, but it gives a good indication of the appear- ance of the early meetinghouse schools where teachers such as Warren and Wilson Dusenberry taught.
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This was the First Ward School in Provo, where Warren and Wilson Dusenberry, later prominently connected with Brig- ham Young Academy, first began teach- ing in 1862. The photograph is so labeled in a collection of negatives loaned by Floyd Brereton — a collection assembled by his grandfather, Joseph B. Walton, who was a pupil in both the Timpanogos Branch of the University of Deseret and the Brigham Young Academy. The men in the picture are not identified.
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This early photograph of West Center Street in Provo was taken near the millrace at Second West, looking west. The two-story building at the end of the block at Third West was the Lewis Building, constructed in 1867 (This photograph must have been taken soon afterwards). It became the home of the Dusenberry School, the Timpanogos Branch of the University of Deseret, and the first home of Brigham Young Academy. When the Lewis Building burned in 1884, the citizens formed a block-long bucket brigade from this stream to the burning school.
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This photograph of Warren Dusenberry, first principal of Brigham Young Acad- emy, was taken in New York City about 1869 or 1871 and was printed in The Deseret News as a historical feature on August 13, 1904. Dusenberry was in New York at that time (before the es- tablishment of BYA) to assist with the organization of transportation for im- migrant Mormon converts traveling to Utah from Europe. Shown are, left to
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right: Henry Naisbitt of Salt Lake City; David M. Stewart of Ogden; Judge Dusenberry; Professor Orson Pratt, who was in New York supervising the publication of his famous Deseret Alphabet; W. H. Miles, then a resident of New York, who later came to Utah to make his home; and Joseph A. Young, "father of Major Richard W. Young who was east on railroad business when he fell in with the missionaries from Zion and sat for his photograph with them."
Brigham Young
Brigham Young, second President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, empire builder of the West, governor of the Utah Territory, and founder of Brigham Young University, was born on June 1, 1801, in Whiting, Windham County, Vermont.
In his early life he was a carpenter, cabinetmaker, painter, and glazier, and lived with his wife and two daughters in western New York before he heard of Mormonism and Joseph Smith. After obtaining information about the Latter- day Saints, Brigham Young spent two years studying the new religion before he was baptized on April 14, 1832. From that day until his death 45 years later, he was a central figure in the turbulent history of the Church.
On February 14, 1835, he was or- dained an apostle, and during the ex- pulsion of the Saints from Missouri in 1838, as senior member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles he directed the removal of the people to Nauvoo, Illi- nois, while Joseph Smith was impri- soned on false charges in Liberty Jail.
News of the martyrdom of Joseph Smith reached Brigham Young in Boston in July of 1844, and as presiding officer of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, he accepted the responsibility of directing the affairs of the Church, becoming the spiritual and temporal leader of an already numerous and harrassed group of people. Those re- sponsible for the death of Joseph Smith had supposed that the Church would disintegrate without his leadership. When they found they were mistaken.
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they renewed hostilities. In violation of agreements that had been made, the persecutors of the Latter-day Saints forced them out of their homes in Nauvoo. They were poorly prepared in the dead of the winter. In the first flight of refugees were more than 12,000 men, women, and children; 3,000 wagons; 30,000 head of horses, cattle and mules; and flocks of sheep, swine, and chickens. Brigham Young was the organizing genius who piloted that body of dispossessed, ill-equipped people for 2,000 miles through winter storms and summer sun across track- less prairies and mountain fastnesses to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, where they arrived on July 24, 1847, and where they thought no one else would ever want to come. The land then be- longed to Mexico and was not ceded to the United States until after the signing of the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo in 1848. Brigham Young was sustained as President of the Church on December 27, 1847. He was named governor of the State of Deseret on July 3, 1849, and governor of the Utah Territory on February 3, 1851.
When they were established in this new land, the Latter-day Saints sent missionaries throughout the world and devised the Perpetual Emigration Fund to assist converts to come to America. Brigham Young also ordered the coloni- zation of the region west of the Rockies, and some 358 cities and settlements were established under his leadership. Well-organized groups were sent to occupy the valleys and strategic loca- tions, and each company was supplied with carpenters, mechanics, and other specialists to enable them to establish homes in the wilderness. They dug canals, imported plants and animals, built railways and telegraphs, estab- lished banks and industries, built temples and meetinghouses, constructed theaters and schools, encouraged music, literature, art, and drama, and started silk and cotton industries.
Although he stated that he had had only eleven days of formal schooling, Brigham Young respected education
and strongly promoted it in Mormon communities. In fact, men with large families, such as Daniel H. Wells, Heber C. Kimball, and Brigham Young, organized private schools for their families. Brigham Young's educational philosophy is summarized in his defini- tion: "Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appre- ciate life." During a sermon in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in October of 1860 he said, "Zion has to be built up, and we want men who are capable of superin- tending every department. God de- signs that men should be educated for that purpose." He is quoted also in the Journal of Discourses, volume 8, page 9, as saying, "Let them also learn all truth pertaining to the arts and the sciences and how to apply the same to their temporal wants. Let them study things that are upon the earth and that are in the heavens."
One of the main political issues in Utah during this period was whether the Church or the government should control education in the Territory of Utah. Political power was dictated out of Washington through non-Mormon governors and judges, who nullified many of the original Mormon aspira- tions. Great pressure was exerted to force the Mormons to give up their educational system for a tax-supported secularized public school program. Moreover, many other denominations were organizing their own schools, and in some cases Brigham Young had difficulty obtaining support for atten- dance at Mormon schools even from bishops and members of the Church. By 1888 there were eighteen academies and seventy-two elementary schools in Utah operated by other churches.
The Founding
There is much evidence that Brigham Young had long given thought to a system of higher education. As early as 1871 he had sent John R. Park on a fact- finding mission to the Eastern states and to England, France, Switzerland, and Germany to study educational
systems. Also, other Church leaders urged him to inaugurate educational institutions.
The demise of the Timpanogos Branch of the University of Deseret in Provo provided the opportunity for Brigham Young to establish an academy in his name, a dream which he had long entertained. The building was available and the students were there awaiting developments; moreover, the experience of the Dusenberry schools and the Timpanogos Branch in Provo had created a climate and a demand for such a school.
Consequently, on October 16, 1975, Brigham Young executed a deed of trust establishing the Brigham Young Acad- emy and signed over certain properties in the city for its support. He selected seven Utah County leaders as trustees: Abraham O. Smoot, Myron Tanner, Leonard E. Harrington, Harvey H. Cluff, Wilson M. Dusenberry, William Bring- hurst, and Martha Jane Knowlton Coray.
On November 22, 1875, the trustees elected Abraham O. Smoot as president, with Wilson H. Dusenberry as secretary and Harvey H. Cluff as treasurer. On December 4, 1875, they appointed as first principal Warren N. Dusenberry, who served only for the first three- month term to April 15, 1876.
The nature of Warren Dusenberry's appointment, at a time when he was heavily involved in private law practice and as city attorney and city prosecutor, indicates that his term was intended to continue only until a successor could be found. Notwithstanding, Warren Dusenberry never lost interest in the academy and often lent his influence to its assistance. For example, he en- couraged the county court to transfer the homemade furniture, the fence begun earlier in the year, and the Estey organ to the title of the Academy. He later also induced the court to provide the tuition for twenty-six students to attend normal class, and for a .number of years annual appropriations were made to pay the tuition of students of the normal class in the Academy be- cause of the need for teachers.
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The Deed of Trust
The original deed of trust signed by Brigham Young to establish the Brig- ham Young Academy was a lengthy legal document specifying properties and responsibilities, but it also included the following statement: "The bene-
ficiaries of this Academy shall be mem- bers in good standing in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or shall be the children of such members, and each of the boys who shall take a full course, if his physical ability will permit, shall be taught some branch of mechanism that shall be suitable to his taste and capacity; and all pupils shall be instructed in reading, penmanship, orthography, grammar, geography, and mathematics, together with such other branches as are usually taught in an academy of learning; and the Old and New Testaments, the Book of Mormon, and the Book of Doctrine and Covenants shall be read and their doctrines in- culcated in the Academy."
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Abraham O. Smoot, friend of the Prophet Joseph Smith, witness of the Egyptian mummies and papyri asso- ciated with the Pearl of Great Price, and messenger who brought news of the invasion of Johnston's Army in 1857, was the first president of the Brigham Young Academy Board of Trustees and the financial savior of the school. He was mayor of Salt Lake City when President Brigham Young called him to go to Provo in 1868 as president of Utah Stake; and a few days after his arrival, he was elected mayor of Provo. He served for twelve years. He established a bank, stores, and woolen mills; he dealt in livestock and real estate; and he was a representative in the terri- torial legislature. He never took pay for service in public office.
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When Brigham Young was returning from St. George in 1877, the two men had their last conversation. Said Presi- dent Young to President Smoot: “I
desire you, Brother Smoot, to turn your influence and energies to the building up of the Academy. In so doing you will be blessed and the Lord will pros- per you." The charge was faithfully carried out. (Smoot was president of the Board of Trustees from 1875 to 1895.)
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Mrs. Martha Jane Knowlton Coray, authoress and teacher, was appointed by Brigham Young as a member of the first Brigham Young Academy Board of Trustees to represent women's interests. With her husband, Howard Coray, brother of the mother of Warren and Wilson Dusenberry, she operated a school in the Mormon community of Nauvoo before the exodus of the Saints to the Great Basin.
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Harvey H. Cluff, a member of the first Board of Trustees of Brigham Young Academy, was a publisher and a coun- selor to President Abraham O. Smoot in the Utah Stake Presidency. Like President Smoot, he underwrote much of the expense of the Academy and battled to keep other institutions from pirating its faculty.
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Leonard E. Harrington, a member of the original BYA Board of Trustees, was born January 7, 1816, in New York State. He arrived in Utah on October 1, 1847, with the Edward Hunter Com- pany. He was chairman of the judiciary committee of the Territorial Legislature for 28 years, mayor of American Fork, and promoter of the first Utah free school in 1866. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society.
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William Bringhurst, also a member of the original BYA Board of Trustees, was born on November 8, 1818, in Phila- delphia and came to Utah on October 10, 1847, with the John Taylor Com- pany. He was bishop of the Springville Ward, a city councilman, a member of the Territorial Legislature, a director of the Provo Woolen Mills, a merchant, a farmer, and a stockraiser.
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Another member of the original Board of Trustees was Myron Tanner, born June 7, 1826, in Bolton, New York. He reached Utah on July 29, 1847, as a member of the Mormon Battalion, marching in from Colorado and aided other pioneer Saints by freighting to Winter Quarters. Tanner became a prominent stockman in Utah County; he operated a grist mill in Provo and was an officer of the Provo Woolen Mills. He gave twenty years to city- county work and served fifteen years as selectman of Utah County. He was bishop of the Provo Third Ward.
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The Spiritual
Architect
1876-1892
Karl Gottfried Maeser was born at Vorbrucke, Meissen, Germany, on January 16, 1828, the son of Johann Gottfried Maeser, an artist in the china works where the famous Dresden china was produced. The family was in com- fortable circumstances but not wealthy. As a child, Karl attended parochial schools and later a private school where he was tutored for the Gymnasium (preparatory school) and entered the Kreuzschule in Dresden in 1842. Here students prepared for the university, and only brighter students were ad- mitted. After two years, he advanced to the Schullehrerseminar (normal college) at Friedrichstadt, where exami- nations in teacher training were on a national model. The system of teacher education he later put into operation in the Normal Department at Brigham Young Academy was the same he had known in Germany.
Following his teacher preparation, Karl spent three years in Bohemia as tutor to children of prominent Protes- tant families. Later in Dresden he taught in the first district school and was promoted to the Budig Institute, where he became vice-director and married Anna Mieth, the daughter of the principal.
After somewhat clandestine meet-
ings with the Mormon missionaries. Professor Maeser was baptized on October 14, 1855, at midnight in the Elbe River to avoid the Prussian police. His confirmation as a Church member was followed by a marvelous manifesta- tion in which he spoke in German while President Franklin D. Richards spoke in English, and they understood each other perfectly without an interpreter. His wife was baptized a few days later. They were the first converts to the the Church in Saxony.
A branch of eight members was formed with Karl as presiding elder, but the group soon decided to emigrate to America. Professor Maeser resigned his position in Dresden and the family went to London, where he was called on a mission to Scotland to work among Germans. In 1857 the family continued on to America, and one child died at sea. When the family arrived in Phila- delphia, Karl was called on a mission to the Southern states. During the panic of 1857 the family nearly starved. He and four elders walked to Richmond, Virginia, where Karl found work as a music teacher for the family of John Tyler, former President of the United States. He sent for his family and they remained there until 1859, when they were called back to Philadelphia, where Karl became president of the mission conference. In 1860 he was given charge of the emigrants at Florence, Nebraska, on their trek to Utah. After five years of hardship Karl finally reached "Zion."
In the November after his arrival. Professor Maeser opened an evening school in the 17th Ward Schoolhouse, and in 1861 President Young placed him in charge of the Union Academy. Next came his appointment in 1862 to direct the Twentieth Ward Seminary. He brought with him from Germany the idea of the graded school and intro- duced the primary, intermediate, and grammar divisions in addition to night school. It was at the seminar that he became recognized as an outstanding educator, speaker, and writer.
In 1864, during the rapidly increas-
ing popularity of the Twentieth Ward Seminary, Professor Maeser was also employed by Brigham Young as private teacher for the Young family and other children. To improve his financial condition he took a part-time job as bookkeeper for the Leonard and Hardy mercantile firm. Since he was also commissioned to be tabernacle organist, he held four jobs at once.
In 1867 he was called to be president of the Swiss and German Mission, a position that helped to strengthen him as an executive, a writer, a translator, an orator, and a defender of the Church. He established Der Stern magazine and published the LDS hymnbook in Ger- man, translating or composing twenty- six of the hymns. He lectured in Ger- many and was urged to stay, but he re- turned to Utah in 1870 with 269 converts.
Welcomed back to the Twentieth Ward Seminary, he was invited to ac- cept the chair of pedagogy and German at the University of Deseret, where he also filled in as teacher of Greek history and Latin. In 1872 he started the Twentieth Ward Institute, inaugurating a series of lectures on the principles of teaching that led to the establishment in 1875 of the Territorial Teachers In- stitute, in which he also lectured.
Maeser served on three missions and in at least eight teaching ventures be- fore becoming principal of Brigham Young Academy in 1876.
The Calling of Karl G. Maeser On April 5, 1876, the explosion of a powder magazine north of Salt Lake City shook that part of the city and brought down all of the plaster from the ceiling of the Twentieth Ward Schoolhouse where Karl G. Maeser was teaching. Much concerned, he hurried off in search of Bishop John Sharp and found him at the office of President Brigham Young. He reported the damage and asserted that he could not continue teaching until it was repaired.
"That is exactly right, Brother Mae- ser," said President Young good- naturedly (according to the account by
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Maeser's son, Reinhard Maeser). "I have another mission for you. Yes, we have been considering the establishment of a Church school, and are looking around for a man — a man to take charge of it. You are the man. Brother Maeser. We want you to go to Provo to organize and conduct the Academy to be established in the name of the Church — a Church school." (BYU did not officially become a Church school until 1896, but it was operated as a Church school.)
After a few days, Elders George Q. Cannon, George Reynolds, and Warren Dusenberry called on Professor Maeser at his home to discuss the matter further and invited him to attend a board meet- ing at Savage's Art Gallery the next day. At this meeting, all arrangements were made for a preliminary term to start April 24, 1876. The principal's salary was set at $1,200 a year in such commodities as the treasurer might receive in tuition.
A few days later Professor Maeser again sought out President Young and said, "I am ready to go to Provo. What are your instructions?"
The President pondered for a mo- ment and replied, "Brother Maeser, remember that you ought not to teach even the alphabet or the multiplication tables without the Spirit of God. That is all. God bless you. Goodbye."
Professor Maeser could find no firmer foundation upon which to build his administration, and he became the great spiritual architect of the Academy; his influence and example have guided leaders of the University to the present. He arrived in Provo on April 21, 1876, preached on Sunday, April 23, and opened school the next morning, rather more promptly than was customary. There were twenty-nine students, and Maeser was the only teacher.
The first full year began on August 21, 1876, with the dedication of the institution by Daniel H. Wells. There were 59 students enrolled.
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The birthplace of Karl G. Maeser in Vorbrucke, Meissen, Germany. This photograph was taken on March 23, 1912. The tall man in the center of the group of visitors is Elder Heber J.
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Anna Therese Mieth, born in 1830, was married to Karl G. Maeser on June 11, 1854, and was the first woman to be baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the king- dom of Saxony, Germany. One of the Heritage Halls at Brigham Young Uni- versity was named in her honor.
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In 1872 Karl G. Maeser started the Twentieth Ward Institute in Salt Lake City. Its curriculum consisted of a series of lectures on the principles of teaching. This led to the establishment in 1875 of the Territorial Teachers In- stitute, in which Professor Maeser also gave lectures. In this 1872 photograph is the Board of Directors of the Twen- tieth Ward Institute. Left to right: William C. Dunbar, Charles W. Stayner, Henry Puzey, Karl G. Maeser, Herbert J. Foulger, James Moffat, John Nichol- son, Reinhard Maeser, Charles R. Savage, George M. Ottinger, John Squires, Jr., George Reynolds, Joseph R. Sharp, and Charles Sansome.
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The Karl G. Maeser family resided in this home in Provo at 184 North Second East from 1880 to 1896. It was built by Reinhard Maeser and presented to his mother. Reinhard lived in the frame home behind the main house. Dr. Maeser's study was in the lower right room. Their first home was an adobe structure at 142 North Second East.
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This is a photograph of Professor Mae- ser's studio, where he worked countless hours. He delivered a series of lectures before a convention of Sunday School workers in Salt Lake City, and the series was carried in the Deseret News. He also wrote numerous articles for var- ious journals. His son, Reinhard, relates: "He delivered hundreds of sermons on as many subjects, and spoke at a large number of funerals. This vast amount of writing and speaking added to his regular daily duty in the school, almost enough to have taken his full time, bore upon him heavily, and he often came home in the dead of night so weary that he was scarcely able to get to bed."
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The enrollment of Brigham Young Academy dropped from the 200 stu- dents who attended the Timpanogos Branch of the University of Deseret to 70 during the first experimental term of Dusenberry and to 29 at the beginning of Professor Maeser's second experi- mental term on April 24, 1876. U.S. Senator Reed Smoot, pictured here as a youth, often said he was the first stu- dent to sign up with Professor Maeser, and Joseph B. Keeler, later a faculty member, was the twenty-ninth. Pro- fessor Maeser was the only teacher. However, enrollment rose to 67 by the end of the term, and the enrollment for the next year was 272. Enrollment had reached 400 in 1884 when the Lewis Building burned.
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An early group of students of the Brig- ham Young Academy. Notice the high- wheel bicycle at left, and the boy, left, resting his foot on a mud scraper.
As Principal Maeser opened the school in April 1876 he observed: "There were no records, not much sys- tem, and certainly no regularity." He found "the premises inadequate, the facilities limited, students few in num- ber and poorly prepared, and financial conditions exceedingly discouraging."
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found liquor drinking and smoking and hoodlumism a considerable challenge.
But he soon changed all that. School started precisely at 8:45 a.m., an un- heard-of imposition up to that time. He instituted daily worship assemblies, graded the classes, demanded discipline and courtesy, inspired his students in their studies, and organized a normal class — his specialty. Maeser had met some opposition on his arrival but soon was acclaimed as the pupils became scholars and the school began turning out much-needed teachers.
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This is the report card of Daniel Har- rington from the Normal Department of the Academy for the third term of the fourth academic year, 1879-1880, signed by James E. Talmage for Karl G. Maeser. The grades are strange to modern methods of letter grading, but are believed to be interpreted as follows: in punctuality, for example, there were fifty sessions worth ten points each for a perfect score of 500. In arithmetic, Harrington achieved 450 points of a possible 500 in fifty sessions, and in music, seventy of a possible eighty in eight sessions.
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H. Dusenberry built an addition of two large rooms on the north side at a cost of nearly $2,000.
At a commencement address given to the graduating class of 1941, Associate Justice George Sutherland of the United States Supreme Court, who attended school in the Lewis Building, described it as "a grim, nondescript building without beauty or grace or any other aesthetic feature calculated to invite a second look.” And he said the upstairs hall was ”so utterly bare and gloomy as to make inappropriate any form of en- tertainment except tragedy.”
However, in the Deseret News of April 25, 1879, George Q. Cannon de- scribed it as "commodious, centrally located, and well-furnished with the appliances necessary to the comfort and encouragement of its students.”
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Fire burst through the roof toward the fore part of the Lewis Building at about 10:30 p.m. on January 24, 1884, shat- tering the calm of that Sabbath evening. Since there was no fire department, men were sent running through the streets shouting "Fire,” and the bell was rung in the old Meeting House, bringing men from all parts of the city to fight the flames.
They began tearing down adjoining buildings, and a bucket brigade formed as if by magic from the burning school to the mill race a block east. Shouting men passed the filled buckets down one line to the daring front fighters, who rushed toward the flames, tossed their meager supply of water at the devouring fire, and retreated. The empty buckets clanked back along the second chain to the mill race for the repeat trip. Other men and students braved the heat to remove most of the furniture, books, and apparatus on the first floor. Only an organ and a few pieces of furniture of the Ladies Work Department on the second floor were saved before the entire building was an inferno and salvage and firefighting both ceased.
Then the defeated, helpless throng stood by in stunned silence as their
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The Lewis Building, which was located on the northeast corner of Center Street and Third West in Provo, was con- structed in 1867 by Jesse William Lewis, pioneer brick manufacturer, and was subsequently purchased by Brigham Young. He deeded this property in 1875 as the first home of Brigham Young Academy.
The structure, measuring 45 feet by 70 feet and requiring 140,000 bricks, consisted of two stories and a basement. The first floor had two rooms for a store and offices in the rear. The second floor was a hall with a stage to be used for
dancing and theatricals. Always in need of money, the Academy rented the upper floor for parties, dances, and entertainments, charging twenty to forty dollars, depending on the event — a practice some of the presiding breth- ren found offensive.
By 1882 the Lewis Building was in- adequate for the needs of the Academy. President Abraham O. Smoot, at a per- sonal cost of $3,000, completed an addi- tion of three commodious rooms on the east side of the original building. The next year the executive committee of H. H. Cluff, Myron Tanner, and Wilson
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beloved hall vanished in fiery spectacle. As the charred beams collapsed, the old school bell in a little belfrey near the rear of the building clanged down through the embers — a death knell for the Lewis Building, first home of Brig- ham Young Academy.
But it was not the knell of the Acad- emy, as some had feared who had not reckoned with the indomitable spirits of Principal Maeser and the mayor and president of the board, Abraham O. Smoot, who called a meeting of the
students and faculty for the next morn- ing. Reed Smoot (later the senator) met Professor Maeser on the street that night and lamented, "Oh, Brother Maeser, the Academy has burned."
"No such thing," the Professor shot back. "It is only the building."
In his account. President Smoot wrote: "It is supposed to have been
done purposely by an enemy as there had been no fire in the parts where the flames were first seen since Friday last. Estimated loss fifteen thousand; a meet-
ing has been appointed at ten this morn- ing to decide on the course to pursue, a guard is now around the ruins."
The cause was never determined, and the building was a total loss. There was no insurance.
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After the fire, only one day of school was lost. Monday was spent moving the furniture and arranging downtown buildings as improvised classrooms that served the school for the remainder of the school year.
Students in the lower grades were sent to the old Meeting House, where classes were held for only four days be- fore being transferred to other build- ings. The normal, commercial, and academic departments moved into the top floor of the First National Bank that occupied a building owned by A. O. Smoot on the northwest comer of Center and J Streets (J Street later became University Avenue). The in- termediate department moved into part of the old S. S. Jones Store just north of the bank. When some overcrowding occurred, classes were held in the up- stairs rooms above the Smoot Drug Store, west of the bank building, and in the homes of President Smoot and Warren Dusenberry.
In this photograph the building with the pointed spires is the present Provo Tabernacle, finished in 1898. The pic- ture also shows the old Meeting House, which was razed in 1919.
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Another view of old Provo looking toward the old and new tabernacles from Second South Street.
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The S. 5. Jones Department Store in downtown Provo where some classes of Brigham Young Academy met upstairs after the Lewis Building fire.
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At the corner of University Avenue and Center Street was the First National Bank Building, where classes of Brig- ham Young Academy met in the up- stairs room after fire destroyed the Lewis Building in 1884. Classes also met in the Smoot Drug Store building, left of the bank, and in the S. S. Jones Store, north of the bank (right). Courtesy Utah State Historical Society.
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After the destruction of the Lewis Building, the Board of Trustees of the Academy arranged to rent the new ZCMI warehouse at the south end of J Street (University Avenue) at the rail- road tracks; classes opened in that facility on September 1, the beginning of an eight-year occupancy. All of the upper floor and part of the lower floor were remodeled to provide classrooms, a music room, a laboratory, and a principal's office, with the entrance and stairway on the north side. While the warehouse was rough and temporary, it provided more room than the school had had in the Lewis Building. But the adjacent railroad yards were used by both the Union Pacific Railroad (which reached Provo in 1873) and the Denver and Rio Grande (which reached Provo in 1881), and there was considerable puffing, screeching, and roaring of trains to disturb the classes, according to Alice Louise Reynolds, an English faculty member.
A report in the Territorial Enquirer of August 12, 1884, tells of a tour through the building led by Professor James E. Talmage: "We were amazed at the excellent arrangement that had been made for the work of the next academic year, and were compelled to acknowledge that the new premises, as now prepared, afford advantages, con- veniences and facilities that are superior to those enjoyed in the old building."
It described "spacious rooms" for the Preparatory (capacity 50), Intermediate (180), Academic (60), Collegiate (60), and Normal (60) departments.
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The ZCMI warehouse as it looked at the time the Academy used the building, according to Clark Newell, who was a student at that time. The students lined up on the west side for their photographs.
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Student body of Brigham Young Acad- emy in front of the ZCMI warehouse, temporary home of the school, in 1888.
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This old photograph was identified on its reverse side as a group of young men from the Academy in the 1880s. In the picture are, seated, left to right: N. L. Nelson, Caleb Tanner, James E. Tal- mage, Hyrum Anderson, Emil Isgreen, and Alfred L. Booth; standing; Dennis Harris (father of Franklin S. Harris), unidentified, Frank Noyes, Edward Robinson, unidentified.
Nelson, Talmage, Isgreen, Harris, and Anderson all became faculty members.
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The faculty of BYA in 1884, the year of the fire: left to right, seated: J. M.
Tanner, Karl G. Maeser, Benjamin Cluff, Jr.; standing, N. L. Nelson, Zina Y. Card, J. M. Coombs, Nettie South- worth, Willard Done.
By this time the average number of students was 400, and there were seven departments: Preparatory, Intermedi-
ate, Academic, Collegiate, Normal, Music, and Ladies Work Department.
Also in operation was a Polysophical Society, which had been organized in 1877-78. It was divided into Section A for science and literature, Section B for music and fine arts, and Section C for civil government. The object of the society, as stated in the school circulars, was obtaining of general information, recreation, practice in public speaking, and knowledge of parliamentary usage. A paper was published at irregular in- tervals called The Academic Review and later The Academic Monthly.
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This is the cover of the first issue of the Academic Review of the Polysophical Society, published in October 1884.
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Henry E. Giles (1859-1938) became professor of music at BYA in 1886. He organized the Music Department with a rather full curriculum and later became director of the band and the choir in 1892. He was also supervisor of music in Provo city schools; he presided at the organ at the Provo Tabernacle, and he conducted the Provo Tabernacle Choir. He was a pianist, an organist, and a composer of anthems, oratorios, and piano solos. Henry Giles taught A. C. Lund, who became the Salt Lake Taber- nacle Choir conductor. His son, Thomas Giles, became head of the Music De- partment at the University of Utah. BYU named the Henry E. Giles Museum of Musical Instruments in honor of the pioneer musician in 1965.
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Faculty of the Academy in 1885: Wil- lard Done, left; James E. Talmage, Joseph Nelson, Karl G. Maeser, Jennie Tanner, Benjamin Cluff, Jr., and Joseph B. Keeler.
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Amy Brown (Lyman) was teacher of this first grade class in 1890 at the old ZCMI warehouse.
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bers of both the Utah Stake Presidency and the BYA Board, they provided moral and spiritual support for the school, starting several programs in the stake to raise money. In the winter of 1887, to bolster a shrinking enrollment, President Smoot asked each member in attendance at a Utah Stake priesthood meeting to pay the tuition of at least one student at the Academy. A striking example of the response was A. L. Booth, who was teaching his first year at the Academy at a salary of $20 a month and who paid a quarter's tuition for one student.
An effort was made to obtain help from the Church, but the Church itself was lacking in funds and could make only small contributions. It was in March of that same year that Congress passed the Edmunds-Tucker Law dis- incorporating the Church, dissolving the Perpetual Emigration Fund Com- pany, and escheating their property to the United States government. The Church occupied the Tithing Office, the historian's office, the Gardo House, and Temple Block by paying rent to the U.S. government!
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The BYU faculty at the old ZCMI ware- house in 1891, the last year school was held in the warehouse before moving to the new Academy Building. Left to right, front row: Mary Lyman Gowans, Ottilie Maeser, Amy Brown (Lyman); second row: Ephraim Gowans, Ben-
jamin Cluff, Jr., Karl G. Maeser, Joseph B. Keeler; third row: George H. Brim- hall, N. L. Nelson, Emil Isgreen, Hyrum Anderson, Emil Maeser.
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The Brigham Young Academy faculty in 1888. Seated, left to right: Joseph B. Keeler, Ottilie Maeser, Karl G. Mae- ser, Laura Foote, N. L. Nelson; stand- ing: E. B. Isgreen, A. L. Booth, Hyrum Anderson.
A period of great distress to the Academy came after the fire — a time referred to in later years by Principal Maeser as "those dark days," when the
school could not pay its rent and the teachers did not receive their meager salaries. There were times when the Board, not knowing where to get funds to run the school, considered closing it. It was then that Professor Maeser and his faculty showed their intense loyalty and taught for anything that might be had rather than close the school.
Since President A. O. Smoot and President Harvey H. Cluff were mem-
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Soon students were coming to BYA from surrounding states and many counties in Utah, and boarding students became an important activity in the city. For several years the Academy operated a boarding house with thirty- two boarders in the three-story building at Center Street and First West, later the Wilson Hotel (on the corner in this photo taken from the new Tabernacle on Founder's Day about the turn of the century. Courtesy Utah State Historical Society. Joseph B. Keeler was steward, Mrs. Jennie Tanner, matron, and Wil- lard Done, presiding tutor.
In each home where students were boarding, a senior was appointed who had general supervision of the students in the home. At school meetings held for the purpose, the seniors were called on for reports relative to social habits, observance of the Word of Wisdom, and other matters of decorum and per- sonal welfare of the boarders. In 1885 the Domestic Organization was founded with strict rules governing the behavior of the students.
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In 1888 Professor Maeser was called as the first superintendent of Church Schools, although he was not immedi- ately relieved of his duties as principal of the Academy. The following year the Board of Education conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Letters and Didactics at a time when he was busy establishing academies throughout the Church.
He was away much of the time, and the Academy Board selected James E. Talmage to replace Dr. Maeser as principal. Talmage, an immigrant from England in 1876, entered the academy soon after his arrival in Utah and later was employed as a teacher. In 1882 he was given a leave of absence to obtain a bachelor's degree from Lehigh Univer- sity. Later he studied an additional year at Johns Hopkins University and re- turned to the Academy as teacher of chemistry and geology.
Professor Talmage accepted the
principalship but never served. He had done little more than outline plans for the ensuing year when he was called by the presiding authorities of the Church to the principalship of the Salt Lake Academy, afterwards the Latter-day Saints College and still later the LDS University. Dr. Maeser stayed on as BYA principal. In 1890 when Benjamin Cluff, Jr., returned from the University of Michigan with his bachelor's degree, he was made assistant principal, a position he held until January 4, 1892, when he became principal.
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From the founding of this Academy, the lorming of a Library has been one of the chief objects of the Board of Directors and the Faculty; but the want of means has prevented us, thus far, from acquiring this essential element of an educational institution; the rapid development of the Academy, however, in number of students as well as in studies, has made it an imperative necessity to secure to us in some way the privileges of a Library, the lack of which is proving seriously detri- mental ro our progress.
Therefore, the undersigned, in consideration of the above, and with the sanction of the Board of Directors, makes this appeal to all that feel an irterest in our Academy, and solicits their assistance in the shape ©f a contribution of some book or hooks of an instructive or interesting nature, which can be placed in our Library for the use of the students. The Dames of the donors will not only be preserved in the books themselves, but also in the catalogues of the Library and the Records of the Academy.
Fully appreciating the kind feeling which the public have mani- fested already toward our young Academy, we hope with much greater confidence that our present appeal will be generously responded to by everyone to whom these presents may come.
Respectfully,
KARL G. MAESER,
Principal B. Y. A.
Dr. Talmage went on to become president of the University of Deseret and an apostle in the Church. Brigham Young University named the James E. Talmage Mathematical Sciences and Computer Building in his honor in 1974.
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This is a front page from the Brigham Young Academy Circular, published during the Maeser administration. This issue, December 21, 1877, makes an appeal for books for the library.
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The Brigham Young Academy Class of 1890. Standing, left to right: John
Johnson, Joseph Nelson, Charles Dorius, George Shelly, Samuel Brown, Amelia Fillerup Hutchins, Caleb Tanner, Joseph McGregor, Bryant S. Hinckley, May- hew Dailey, John Peterson, Axel Niel-
son, Emil Maeser, Amy Brown (Lyman). Sitting: Mary D. Hanson (Dailey),
Andrew Morgan, George W. Middleton, Alice Louise Reynolds, A. C. Nelson, William Winters, Robert Skelton.
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This photograph, taken in 1891, pic-
tures Dr. Maeser, center, amid faculty members on the steps of the then un- finished Academy Building, where he never taught. He had nurtured the fledgling Academy through the difficult years of the Lewis Building and the dark years of the old warehouse, but on the day the new Academy Building was opened, January 4, 1892, the old pro- fessor was replaced as principal by Benjamin Cluff, Jr., at his left in this picture. Dr. Maeser had been superin- tendent of Church Schools since 1888 and had continued to serve also as principal until 1892.
His son, Reinhard, likened him to Moses: “For sixteen years the Academy had grown under his leadership. He had convinced all Israel of the potency of its unique mission in the educating and training of her youth. Like a Moses he had cleft the rock of ignorance and streams of living truth had gushed forth. He led the school to its new home — the home which he had seen years before in vision. It was here while standing upon the threshold of the magnificent structure, that he laid his mantle upon the shoulders of a Joshua and wept as did Moses from Pisgah's heights."
Faculty members in the picture: 1.
J. E. Booth; 2. Ephraim Gowans; 3. Dr. Milton Hardy; 4. Karl G. Maeser; 5. William E. Rydalch; 6. Benjamin Cluff; 7. Wilson H. Dusenberry; 8. E. A. Wilson; 9. Alfred L. Booth; 10. George H. Brimhall; 11. Emil Maeser; 12. Nels L. Nelson; 13. Amy Brown (Lyman); 14. Ottilie Maeser; 15. Mary Lyman (Gowans); 16. Emil B. Isgreen; 17. Lars E. Eggertson; 18. Hyrum Anderson.
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The BYA Class of 1891. Standing, left to right: Alexander Jameson, A. C.
Lund, George Ramsey, Alba Murdock, Edwin S. Hinckley, Thomas A. Yates, Eugene Hart, Henry Peterson, Archi- bald Bevan, O. W. Andelin; seated: Benjamin Cluff, Jr. (assistant principal), Wilford McKendrick, Mary Lyman (Gowans), Cora Groesbeck (Snow), Ida Alleman (Taylor), Richard R. Lyman.
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This gathering in 1898 was in honor of Karl G. Maeser on his fiftieth year of teaching. Here in front of the Academy Building, he is in the center, holding a bouquet of flowers. Dr. Maeser had established forty-two schools. Courtesy of R. John Blake.
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The only time the entire Karl G. Maeser family was photographed together was in front of the Maeser home in Provo on the day in May in 1898 when Dr. Maeser was honored for fifty years of teaching. In the group were, back row, left to right: Mabel Maeser Tanner,
Ottilie Maeser Phelps, Emil Maeser, Reinhard Maeser, Eva Maeser, George S. McAllister (Nettie's husband), Anna Maeser (who died at age 19, the only daughter of the Professor's second wife, Emilie Damke Maeser); middle row: Sarah S. Maeser and daughter Camille, Lillian Maeser (Emil's wife), Karl G. Maeser, Georgia Maeser, Nettie M. McAllister and Theresa, Emilie Damke Maeser (Karl's second wife, whom he married in 1875; Anna, his first wife, had died in 1896); first row: Russ (son of Lillian by a previous marriage), Gil- bert Maeser (son of Reinhard), Sherwin Maeser, Beatrice Maeser Mitchell, Therese Maeser Larsen.
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Karl G. Maeser died quietly in his sleep in the early morning of February 15, 1901, after spending a strenuous day at his office the day before. Funeral ser- vices were conducted in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on February 19 by the Deseret Sunday School Union, of which he was second assistant superintendent. Many General Authorities of the Church were pallbearers and speakers.
Poetess Annie Pike Greenwood (Class of 1900) composed a poem, "To Karl G. Maeser," which later became an LDS hymn: "The Teacher's Work is Done."
Come, lay his books and papers by,
He shall not need them more;
The ink upon his pen shall dry, —
So softly close the door.
His tired head with locks of white.
And like the winter's sun.
Hath lain to peaceful rest to-night, — The teacher's work is done.
His work is done; no care to-night His tranquil rest shall break;
Sweet dreams, and with the morning light
On other shores he'll wake.
His noble thoughts, his wise appeal,
His work that battles won; —
But God doth know the loss we feel, — The teacher's work is done.
We feel it while we miss the hand That made us brave to bear; Perchance in that near-touching land His work did wait him there. Perchance when death its change has wrought.
And this brief race is run.
His voice again shall teach who thought
The teacher's work was done!
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An important graduate of the Academy who received his inspiration from Professor Maeser was George Suther- land, who was brought from England by his parents when he was eighteen months old and who enrolled in BYA in 1879 at age 17. He enjoyed the sub- ject of logic as presented by Dr. Maeser. The old schoolmaster was a strong influence in his life, providing an ex- ample of honor, dignity, and industry. Sutherland later studied at Michigan, Columbia, and George Washington uni- versities and was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Warren Harding in 1922, the first justice of foreign birth and the only Utahn to hold that position. He also served as U.S. Congressman from Utah, U.S. Senator, and president of the American
Bar Association. BYU conferred on him the honorary degree of doctor of laws in 1941.
Justice Sutherland recalled: "Dr.
Maeser was not only a scholar of great and varied learning, with an exceptional ability to impart what he knew to others, but he was a man of such trans- parent and natural goodness that his students gained not only knowledge, but character, which is better than knowledge. I have never known a man whose learning covered so wide a range of subjects and was at the same time so thorough in all. His ability to teach ran from the kindergarten to the highest branches of pedagogy. In all my acquaintances with him I never knew a question to be submitted upon any topic that he did not readily and fully answer."
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Widening
Horizons
1892-1903
Benjamin Cluff, Jr., third principal and first president of Brigham Young Acad- emy, was a dynamic innovator who reached beyond the local milieu of the Academy to the cultures and learning of other regions and other lands. An edu- cational pioneer, he developed the institution from a normal school with a very small college department into a university. His life was filled with ser- vice to his Church, to his school, and to his beloved family. Tenacious searching for the truth and determined adherence to a course of action characterized this remarkable man.
Born in Provo on February 7, 1858, a son of Benjamin and Mary Ellen Foster Cluff, he spent his early years in Logan and accompanied his parents on a mis- sion to Hawaii in 1864. In 1875 "Benny" journeyed to Coalville, Utah, to live with an uncle, Summit Stake President William W. Cluff, and earned his keep by clerking in his uncle's store. He became an avid reader of Twain, Milton, Shakespeare, and other authors in the town library.
True to his determined nature, in the spring of 1877 he traveled 67 miles from Coalville to Provo to enroll in the recently established Brigham Young
Academy, working as a janitor to pay expenses. Hardly had he started as a student when he was called on a mis- sion to Hawaii in 1878, serving until 1882. On his mission, ethnology and archaeology took on new meaning as the islanders and Indians provided sub- ject matter for Book of Mormon re- search. On Benjamin's return to Provo Karl G. Maeser engaged him as a teacher.
Family life began with his marriage on August 16, 1883, to Mary Jane John, daughter of David John of the Utah Stake presidency. Soon after his mar- riage he became president of the Utah Stake YMMIA, one of his many posi- tions serving the youth of the Church. His second marriage, to Harriet Culli- more, took place in Logan on December 17, 1886, and his third marriage to Florence Reynolds was performed in Mexico. He became the father of twenty-five children.
In October 1886 he was granted leave to study at the University of Michigan, and while there he engaged in a debate: "Resolved: That Utah Is Ready for Statehood." Thereafter, he received many challenges through de- bates and lectures. He graduated high in his class with the B.S. degree in 1890, one of the first Utahns to obtain an eastern university degree.
Karl G. Maeser was named superin- tendent of Church Schools in 1888, and Cluff was chosen as assistant principal of BYA in 1890. He was installed as principal on January 4, 1892, the day the Academy Building was dedicated. In 1891 the Church Board of Education tried to obtain Cluff for the LDS College in Salt Lake City, but the indignant and adamant A. O. Smoot, Harvey H. Cluff, and Karl G. Maeser called on President Wilford Woodruff. The board minutes show that after a long meeting "Presi- dent Woodruff and the board cheerfully withdrew the call of B. Cluff."
During Cluff's administration the school was beset with financial diffi- culties caused in part by the panic of 1893. With the help of President Smoot and others, he was able to keep the
struggling school on its feet and even to add a new building, now known as College Hall. New articles of incorpora- tion adopted in 1896 established the school as a Church institution, and the Church assumed its $80,000 indebted- ness.
The Church became aware that it needed trained leaders, and Professor Cluff readily accepted the opportunity to return to Michigan in 1893 to obtain a master's degree. George H. Brimhall was acting principal in his absence, but Cluff remained in charge with a flow of correspondence.
With Cluff's experience in an eastern school, he widened the horizons of the Academy. He introduced psychology, a subject new to this area; he organized the first Normal College, the Com- mercial College, and the Art Depart- ment. During this time white and blue were selected as the school's colors; class organizations were inaugurated in 1891, with Richard R. Lyman as first president; Founder's Day was instituted on October 16, 1891; a student loan association was organized; classes were changed from half-hour to hour periods. Cluff stressed an expanded, trained faculty and led the way with his de- grees. He encouraged competitive sports and school spirit. The Alumni Association was established in 1893, with George H. Brimhall as its first president. The first two school news- papers were started, and the students heartily accepted Cluff's introduction of yells and cheers, much to the con- sternation of some Church officials.
In the summer of 1892, Cluff estab- lished the first summer school in the state of Utah and brought as educa- tional psychologist and lecturer Colonel Francis W. Parker of Chicago, who attracted many students from all over the state. Colonel Parker was so popu- lar that a school in Provo was named in his honor. Many other national leaders followed as lecturers in the summers.
While he was away for his master's degree, Cluff met and employed a charming teacher, Miss Abbey Celestia Hale, niece of Edward Everett Hale, U.S.
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Senate chaplain and author of "Man Without a Country." She was the first non-Mormon to be employed on the regular faculty, remaining three years as director of the training school.
On July 20, 1895, the Board of Trustees directed that the term principal should apply to the heads of depart- ments, and president to the chief officer of the institution. In 1898 the Board conferred on President Cluff the addi- tional degree of Doctor of Didactics. At Dr. Cluff's suggestion the Board estab- lished a Collegiate Department on October 16, 1896, and thereafter the school awarded degrees for college work.
One of the highlights of his career as president, which no doubt stemmed from his interest in archaeology, was his sponsorship in 1900 of a South Ameri- can expedition to engage in archaeologi- cal study of Book of Mormon sites. George H. Brimhall again served as acting president. The expedition re- turned on February 7, 1902, having met with little success.
At the request of President Cluff, the school was designated as Brigham Young University on October 3, 1903. In this year the Board accepted Cluff's resignation, and he was formally re- leased on December 23. He moved to Mexico to establish a rubber plantation, but his life there was one of hardships, misplaced confidences, losses from theft and deception, and finally failure. He returned to California, where he was in mercantile business the rest of his life.
The BYU Alumni Association con- ferred on him the Distinguished Service Award in 1946. He died on June 16, 1948, at ninety. The Benjamin Cluff, Jr. Plant Science Laboratory was named in his honor on May 7, 1957.
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January 4, 1892, was a high point in the history of Brigham Young Academy; for on that day Dr. Karl G. Maeser was released as principal. Professor Ben- jamin Cluff, Jr., was installed as new principal, and the new Academy Build- ing was dedicated in impressive services.
(After construction of the College Building in 1898 the name of the Acad- emy Building was changed to High School Building, and in 1922 President Franklin S. Harris changed it again to Education Building, its present name.)
On dedication day just before noon, all of the students met in the assembly room of the warehouse, where Dr. Maeser spoke to them on the blessings they had enjoyed in that old home, and lifted his voice in a benediction. Then he led his students in a procession from the old warehouse to the new building, in all probability the finest school building in the state of Utah at that time. When the procession reached the outside of the building. Dr. Maeser looked up at it and said, "The old man taught school in a log cabin, but they have built a palace for his boys." At the entrance the double line of students separated and stood with bared heads as the faculty and dignitaries marched between them into the new home.
The meeting was held in Room D. Among the visiting guests were Gover- nor A. L. Thomas, Presidents Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon, and
Joseph F. Smith. Local authorities in- cluded President A. O. Smoot, David John, Harvey H. Cluff, Judge J. D. Jones, Karl G. Maeser, Bishop Myron Tanner, and others. Because of poor health President Woodruff excused himself from offering the dedicatory prayer, and President Cannon officiated in his stead.
Dr. Maeser gave an emotional fare- well address, which left most of the audience in tears. He said that while Don Carlos Young (son of Brigham Young) was the recognized architect of the building, the original plan had been drawn by himself under the inspiration and guidance of Brigham Young in a dream shortly after the death of Presi- dent Young and even before the Lewis Building fire. "When in future years people shall ask for the name of the wise designer of this edifice, let the answer be: Brigham Young," he asserted.
A movement to build the new school had begun immediately after the Lewis Building fire, when cash ‘ donations amounting to approximately $2,000 were received, sufficient to purchase one city block and lay the foundation of
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the building on what is now University Avenue between Fifth and Sixth North streets. It was purchased from Jesse William Lewis, the same man who had built the Lewis Building. Ground- breaking was held on May 21, 1884, and the foundation work was done, but construction was suspended for six years for lack of funds.
Overcrowding at the warehouse forced a push to complete the building in 1891, and A. O. Smoot, David John, H. H. Cluff, and Wilson Dusenberry all signed personal notes to insure the progress of the project. In addition, a loan of $50,000 was obtained by mort- gaging additional property, including the Academy Building block.
The building was considered one of the largest of its kind in the Rocky Mountain region and was designed to accommodate one thousand students. It was a beautiful, massive, ornate structure, but in the beginning it lacked some conveniences. Outside toilets (at left in accompanying photo) were used for ten years. Only part of the building was provided with warm air forced over steam radiators at first by a steam engine and later by an electric motor. The remainder of the building was heated with coal stoves. The building was constructed with two floors, an attic, and a basement. The attic was finished for the Art Department and the Geology Department. In the be- ginning the Academy had no gym- nasium and no dressing rooms or showers for the physical education classes held in the large southeast room of the basement.
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The Academy Building (as seen about 1897 in this photo) had some electric lights. However, there could not have been very many, according to the faculty minutes of March 9, 1892: “Brother
Isgreen, custodian, reported that the bill, submitted by the electric company, was incorrect as all the light that the Academy could possibly have used, counting the hours, would have cost only $5.80 for February, whereas the bill submitted was $19.75.“ (As a mat- ter of interest, the electric bill for the Brigham Young University for the month of February, 1973, was $59,276.) Electric lighting apparently was in- stalled throughout the Academy Build- ing in the next few years.
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These were the old wooden, open stair- ways in the Education Building, stair- ways worn hollow by the scuffing of millions of students' footsteps. Because of the fire hazard, they were removed in the summer of 1960 and replaced with stairways of steel and concrete, and with brick outside the building. Courtesy of Homer Wakefield.
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The art class in the High School (Edu- cation) Building met at the top of the stairs in what was called the attic. It was later finished into more suitable classrooms.
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Room D in the Academy Building was used for various purposes and was completely filled as a study room on this occasion. It was here that the dedication was held and that assemblies were conducted until College Hall was built in 1898.
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At the suggestion of Benjamin Cluff, Jr., new articles of incorporation were adopted on July 18, 1896, making Brigham Young Academy a Church school, and the Church assumed the school's indebtedness of $80,000. At this time Utah had become a state, and the U.S. government had returned con- fiscated property to the Church.
The twelve incorporators were Brig- ham Young, Jr. (who became president of the Board after the death of A. O. Smoot in 1895), George Q. Cannon, Myron Tanner, H. H. Cluff, Wilson H. Dusenberry, Karl G. Maeser, David John, Susa Y. Gates, Reed Smoot, Thomas R. Cutler, George D. Snell, and J. Don Carlos Young.
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The first faculty under Benjamin Cluff, Jr. posed on the steps of the new Acad- emy Building in 1892: 1. Emil Maeser, 2. George F. Phillips, 3. Joseph B. Keeler, 4. Lars E. Eggertson, 5. Ottilie Maeser, 6. Mary Woodruff, 7. Bryant S. Hinckley, 8. Edward H. Holt, 9. N. L. Nelson, 10. Anna K. Craig, 11. Benja-
min Cluff, Jr., 12. Irene B. Mendenhall, 13. Milton H. Hardy, 14. Amy Brown, 15. Olof W. Andelin, 16. Henry E. Giles, 17. George H. Brimhall, 18. Wal- ter M. Wolfe, 19. Christina D. Young, 20. Wilford M. McKendrick.
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George Q. Cannon, a counselor in the First Presidency of the Church, became president of the board in 1897 and served until 1901, when Church Presi- dent Lorenzo Snow became board president. President Cannon had favored the founding of the Academy and was a firm spiritual and financial friend of the school from its beginning. BYU named Cannon Center in the Helaman Halls in his honor.
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Church President Lorenzo Snow served as president of the Brigham Young Academy Board of Trustees from May to October, 1901, the first Church President to hold that position. There- after, Presidents of the Church, rather than local officials, always served in that position. However, local members remained on the board until 1939, when the governing body was com- posed entirely of General Authorities.
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Church President Joseph F. Smith served as president of Brigham Young Univer- sity Board of Trustees from 1901 to 1918 and was a frequent visitor and speaker at the school.
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In the 1890s faculty members were paid partly in produce from the Bishop's Storehouse in Provo. This order, dated November 14, 1896, and signed by BYA Treasurer Wilson H. Dusenberry, was drawn on the Provo Bishop's Store- house in favor of B. S. Hinckley for $45.00 in produce. The checks were endorsed on the back for receipt of hay, grain, dairy products, potatoes and other vegetables, and general mer- chandise.
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This was the view of Center Street in Provo, looking east from Main (now University Avenue), in the early days of the city. The Knight Block now occupies the corner, left, where the Provo Cooperative Institution was then located. According to old maps of Provo, the square brick building at the far end of the block (with steps) was the tithing office, where the Saints paid their tithing in kind.
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The class of 1896 was photographed in front of the Academy Building in 1893, one year after completion of the struc- ture. Notice that there were no trees, shrubs, or grass around the building. Close examination of the photograph also reveals that the students had brought chairs from the building and were sitting and standing on a railroad track in the middle of the muddy street. The track carried "Puffing Billy," the little steam engine which ran along University Avenue and west on Center Street to Utah Lake.
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The little railroad of Provo City Railway Company was built in 1889 and ran until 1896 on University Avenue and on Center Street to the Provo Resort on the shores of Utah Lake. Pulled by "Puffing Billy," a little steam engine, it frightened the horses in the street, sometimes jumped the track, and often was stopped by cows on the track. Business boomed during the summers when the sweltering Provo residents sought relaxation at the beach, but for the rest of the year business lagged.
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West Center Street in Provo during the 1890s was sometimes a sea of mud, as seen here in front of the handsome new Taylor Brothers Store. Notice the telegraph poles in the middle of the street and the track for "Puffing Billy."
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Staff of the B.Y.A. Student (1891), the first student publication of Brigham Young Academy, included, back row, left to right: E. G. Gowans, George A. Ramsey, O. W. Andelin, Richard R. Lyman, E. S. Hinckley, W. W. McKend- rick; front row: Mae Bell Thurman,
Ida Alleman, Inez Knight, and Mary Lyman.
THE B. Y. A. STUDENT.
■'SELF EFFORT EDUCATES."
VOL. I PROVO CITY. yTAH, TUESDAY, MARCH 21. 1891. NUMBER !*
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The first student publication of the Academy was the B.Y.A. Student. Several other publications, such as The Business Journal and The Normal soon followed, but they were published for specific departments of the Academy. An Academy-wide publication. The White and Blue, began publication in 1897 and continued to 1920, with Ernest L. Wilkinson as the last editor. In 1921 the Y News began, and that was replaced by The Universe in 1948. The White and Blue at first resembled in format the B.Y.A. Student and other departmental publications but soon took on a magazine format, then regular newspaper layout.
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Because of increased enrollment in 1896, the eight grades and kindergarten of the Normal Training School were transferred to the Central Building on the southeast corner of First North and Academy Avenue, where the First Security Bank now stands. The classes were held on the upper floors of the building, partially obscured in this photograph by the Farrer Brothers and Co. float in the Pioneer Day Parade, July 24, 1898.
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In 1891 Benjamin Cluff, Jr., organized a Normal College at Brigham Young Academy. In this 1898 photograph he is teaching a class in the Academy Building that is, according to the beau- tiful writing on the blackboard, a "Brigham Young Academy Theory of Teaching" class.
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THE NORMAL.
Vol. L PROVO. UTAH. SEPTEMBER 24. 1891. No. 2.
BOARD OF_EDITORS.
Minting Editor, 0. W. ANDELIN.
PUBLISHED Bl WEEKLY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR
NORMAL ASSOCIATION SrnfCMPTloX, 91.00.
Editorials.
TT is gratifying to note the hearty reception 1 our paper has already received, both from press and public. Hear what the Enquirer says: "Tbo enterprise of the normals attending the B. Y. Academy is worthy of emulation by other institutions of learning. This year they are publishing The Norm - i. the first issue of which has reached our table. It is gotten up in very neat style, in magazine form, with a cut of the new academy building as it will appear when finished, on the front of the cover. The form is about the same size as the Juvenile Instructor, published at Salt Lake, and contains eight |>ages of reading matter. The students intend issuing The Normal hi weekly during the school year, and it will be mailed to any part of the United States or Canada for $1 per annum. All who have seen The Normal have naught but praises for the well-edited matter which it contains, and for it* fine typographical work. O. W. Ande lin is managing editor, B. S. Hinckley, business mnnnger, and the typographical work is done lty the Enquirer job office."
We certamly feel encouraged.
THE extreme necessity for completing the Academy building before many weeks pass by becomes more appaYent day by day. What the students have to endure from the noise of the
cars every day is exasperating. At times it ia impossible to proceed with the various classes aud hear what i- said. The room* are unsuitable for school work and the ventilation in some o the rooms is simply a farce. Such an impure condition of the air cannot but work injury to the health of students and teachers. ltoside* this, the light is very poorly distributed, and wc have personally talked with a number who have had their eyea weakened from thus cause
Even these conditions arc only a circumstance compared with what it will be in the winter, when the days are cloudy and dark, making it necessary to have lamps lighted in some of the rooms during the daytime. Just think of it ! Having to study by lump light, both night and day ! Aud what exposure must not the physi- cal nature be subjected to w ith some students sitting so near the stove that their desks are scorched, while others are thirty or forty feet distant fueing the chilly draught! of air from the halls.
We have in mind at present several case* in which students contracted severe colds, sore throats, and cramps of the lower limbs, tiecause of these unfavorable conditions.
It is to lie boiled that nothing will hinder the important work of completing the new building with all jKissible dispatch.
WE have been informed that a car load of furniture for the new Academy is loaded and ready to start, if it is not on the way already. There are streamers on the sides of the car with the following inscription, “ Tbi» car is loaded with the celebrated ‘Orion’ school furniture for the 'Brigham Young Academy, Provo, Utah.”
THIS is the time to study, not the time to play nor to spark. If w« attempt to study and to spark at the same time, both will be a failure. It is proper and necessary to exercise charity and love to each other, but not that kind of love which breeds contempt. Avoid making associations with the opposite sex which, when the year closes, will have to be broken off to the distress of the young lady and possibly of the young man also. Treat each other with ull possible courtesy and kindness, but do not go any further than this. There will l>e plenty of girls after school is over, so also will there lie
Journal of Pedagogy
Published /T\or)tf?ly urjder the auspices of tb? Department of Experimental peda$o$y, Britan Youp$ /leadepiy
VOL. I. PROVO, UTAH, DECEMBER, 18H4. NO. 1.
THE POET'S NOVEMBER DAYS.
O sunless days 1
O days, with every hope of life and summer sunshioc gone ;
When wintry winds like lost despair.
Through leafless ireetops moan, and moan, and moan
When earth, our mother, plains forsakeoly, that she is old.
Wraps close her cloak of wintry clouds,
And shiveriog weeps within its dusky fold.
O joyless days !
O days, when all our human griefs seem hopeless, sad, and de<p We fain would sob ourselves to rest Like her in dreamless, soul- forgetting sleep.
O lingering days I
Poor earlb, tbou'ri old and lone and soon must come ttfe nighp When thou must lie within thy shroud So cold, so still, so pure in spotless white.
The sun anon shall bring ihee life and sweet maternity,
Thy veins again shall leap with joy,
And youth and beauty shall return to thee*
Ah patient days !
My heart, that with the earih has wept and with her longed to die.
Must wait alone through wintry da)*,
The quickening of its heavenly spring in God's eternity.
Chrutina D. Yo**c.
“ FORGET THYSELF."
‘Self-consciousness is a characteristic of the young teacher's first year in school. It paralyzes his best endeavors, and sends hirn home discouraged many a night. Certamly to be always thinking how you look, and whether your pupils are criticising you; to hesitate in pronunciaiion and half-swallow the word for fear the accent may be wrong; to stand stock-still lest your movements be thought ungraceful, to be fearful that vour hair is disarranged or
(Top left)
This is the first page from a copy of The Normal, published beginning in 1891 by the Normal Association.
(Top right)
This was a group of students in the Normal College in 1892, including Alonzo Hinckley, left; Louise Keller Cherry, unidentified, unidentified, O. W. Andelin, Bryant S. Hinckley, Ida Alleman Taylor, Wilford McKendrick, F. M. Warner, Cora Groesbeck Snow.
(Center left)
This is the front page of Volume 1, Number 1 of The Journal of Pedagogy, a monthly publication under the aus- pices of the Department of Experi- mental Pedagogy of Brigham Young Academy, published during the Cluff administration.
(Bottom)
Inez Knight Allen, a student in 1891 and a member of the staff of the B.Y.A. Student publication, poses as Miss Liberty in a dramatic production. She
was a daughter of Jesse Knight, in- dustrialist-benefactor of the school, and wife of R. Eugene Allen, BYU faculty member and administrator. She was the mother of Dr. Mark K. Allen, BYU pro- fessor of psychology; J. Knight Allen, faculty member at BYU and Stanford University; Joseph K. Allen, vice- president of Utah International Com- pany; and Robert K. Allen, Provo busi- nessman. She was appointed "matron” (dean of women) in 1900.
(Center right)
Principal Cluff poses with the first class to graduate from the new Academy Building (1892). Members are, back row, left to right; unidentified, uni- dentified, Jacob Magleby, Principal Cluff, G. E. Robinson, Lewis Bushman, Alonzo Hinckley, George Powelson, unidentified; seated: J. W. Dunyon,
Detta Caffrey, Louise Keller, E. G. Gowans, Irene B. Mendenhall, Frank Olsen, unidentified.
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(Top left )
This class in history of pedagogy in 1893 included, front row, left to right: J. W. Booth, Collie Robison, Professor George H. Brimhall, C. D. Ray, Henry Peterson; back row: Weston Vernon,
John C. Swensen, and P. C. Evans.
(Top right)
The establishment of a Commercial College in 1891 during the Cluff ad- ministration brought about important changes in the Academy. Here is a typewriting class in the Academy Build- ing in 1901. The note on the black- board states: “Section I, Typewriting Department, Commercial College, Brigham Young Academy, 1901. The best positions seek Brigham Young Academy Commercial Graduates. Enter now and get in line for promotion."
(Center)
Graduating class in 1895. Back row: Erastus Fillerup, A. B. Christensen, Vie Bronson, B. S. Hinckley, Vilate Elliott, Edward H. Holt, May Ashworth, Frank Cutler; second row: Gomer Richards, Professor Lars E. Eggertson, Charles Fillerup, A. B. Anderson; front row: Alice Louise Reynolds, Jennie Brimhall, Mae Bell Thurman.
(Bottom)
The Commercial College also included a class in banking and finance, seen here complete with tellers' cages for realistic practice.
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(Top left)
Popular also was the bookkeeping class in the Commercial College.
(Top center)
The official publication of the Com- mercial College was The Business Journal, started in 1891. This is the front page of the fourth edition.
(Top right)
Maud May Babcock, right, later the grand lady of theater at the University of Utah, leads a girls' gymnasium class in a baton exercise on the grounds near the Academy Building in about 1893.
(Center)
Colleges and classes also conducted their activities and graduated in close knit groups. Interclass and interschool athletic competition was instituted by President Benjamin Cluff, Jr., as shown here by the Commercial College track team of 1902. The "C" on their early- day track suits, of course, stood for "Commercial/' and the group undoubt- edly won the trophies exhibited by the reclining Thomas Smith.
(Bottom)
Commercial graduates of 1903 were, front row, left to right: Royal J. Mur- dock, Mamie Stallings, Robert Price; second row: John E. Hayes, May
Robinson, Arthur Chadwick, Tom Smith, Edna Dennis; back row; Thilda Anderberg, Gee Salisbury, Sadie Cas- sidy, Nels G. Hall, Birdie Billings, Fred G. Richmond, Goldie Gillespie, James Steele, and Rozelle Holladay.
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(Top)
Dr. Phillips's chemistry class, April 1893: (1) Dr. Phillips, (2) Weston
Vernon, (3) Thomas J. Yates, (4) Charles Gowans, (5) Charles Fillerup, (6) Murray King, (7) Stephen W. Ross, (8) P. C. Evans, (9) Jeanette Richards, (10) Clarence Snow, (11) Morrison, (12) Warner, (13) John C. Swensen, (14) Joseph Snow, (15) Cora Groesbeck, and (16) Ida Alleman.
(Center)
This Art Club posed in 1896 on the original fountain in front of the Acad- emy Building. Teacher of the group was John B. Fairbanks (front row with beard), who later also was the official photographer and artist on the Cluff expedition to South America. The Art Department was organized in 1893 under the noted Utah artist John Hafen, with Christina D. Young as his assistant. He shared the art teaching duties with Edwin Evans and John B. Fairbanks, both of whom also became famous Utah painters.
(Bottom)
This was a class of the Domestic Sci- ence Department started in 1896 with laboratory periods under the direction of Susa Young Gates and Leah Dunford (Widtsoe). A Ladies Work Department had been started in 1881 during the Maeser administration by Zina Young Williams Card. In this photograph Zina Young Williams Card and Susa Young Gates are the fourth and fifth figures in the third row. Notice the coal stove at left.
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(Top)
The cooking class in 1900 included three young men among the pretty, aproned young ladies. Only a few of the girls were identified on the old photograph but the boys, probably be- cause their presence was unusual, were remembered: Silas Brimhall, Vasco
Call, and Leonard Tanner.
(Center left)
These fair young ladies were students at Brigham Young Academy before the turn of the century. Unfortunately, the only ones identified on the appealing old photograph are Catherine Snydergaard Frisby, top left, who became a faculty member, and Louise Whitaker Cheney, center left. They can also be found on the front row of the 1900 cooking class.
(Center right)
A Domestic Science Department began under the direction of Susa Y. Gates and Leah Dunford (Widtsoe) in 1896, with laboratory work included. This is a typical sewing class of that time.
(Bottom)
Brigham T. Higgs, right center, was teacher of carpentry and superintendent of buildings and grounds from 1897 to 1921. Here he teaches a woodworking class in the Academy Building. The note on the board states: "One of the BYA Workshops."
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(Top left)
With the rapid expansion of college work and enrollments, President Cluff asked for the erection of a college build- ing. Since no money was forthcoming from the Church, Reed Smoot, as chair- man of the executive committee of the Board, took the initiative of raising the money and offered to obtain a contri- bution of $1,000 from each of ten per- sons. The plan was accepted. The donors were President Wilford Wood- ruff, President George Q. Cannon, Joseph Fielding Smith, Reed Smoot, Jesse Knight, Charles Edwin Loose, Alfred William McCune, Amanda Inez Knight, Stephen L. Chipman, and Jesse William Knight. The cost exceeded $10,000, but Reed Smoot made up the difference.
Faculty members were asked to use part of their vacations to interest Utah residents in education and to aid in
raising money for the equipment for the new building. The furniture was paid for partly by the Alumni Association and partly by the sale of BYA property.
The College Building was dedicated on May 26, 1898, by President Joseph F. Smith.
In the accompanying photograph, the High School (Academy) Building is on the left and the Training Building (1902) on the right. The inscription over the archway reads: "Brigham
Young Academy; Collegiate Depart- ment." The portico on the second floor was later removed and the building built out to the square.
(Bottom)
Reed Smoot, chairman of the executive committee of the Board, who spear- headed the fund drive to construct the College Building in 1898, obtaining $1,000 each from ten prominent per- sons and who then personally con- tributed the difference between that income and the cost of the building. Back in 1876, Reed Smoot was the first student of the original 29 to register with Professor Karl G. Maeser. He later became a United States Senator from Utah and a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles.
(Top right)
After the death of President Abraham O. Smoot in 1895, the mantle of financial benefactor of the school fell upon Jesse Knight. Born in Nauvoo in 1845 and brought to Utah at age five, he married Amanda McEwan in 1869. They es- tablished a ranch near Payson, where most of their family was born and reared.
Jesse had lost interest in the Church, but in 1887 he experienced a reconver-
sion after the miraculous healing of his children from typhoid fever, and there- after was not only a faithful worker but one of its largest contributors as well. When his mining ventures in the Tintic District resulted in a rich ore strike in 1890, he paid all of his tithing for the years he had missed, with compound interest. Much of his wealth was in- vested in projects for the benefit of the state and the Church. Substantial tithing, sometimes paid in advance, a $10,000 loan to the Church in 1896, and a $10,000 gift to leading brethren in 1898 to redeem them from serious financial difficulties, came at moments when financial disaster could have fallen on the Church.
"Uncle Jesse," as he is affectionately called, had special faith and interest in Brigham Young University. All six of his children and eighteen of his twenty- four grandchildren attended the school.
The Maeser Memorial Building was completed in 1911 at a cost of $130,000, of which the Knight family contributed $65,000. His other contributions in- cluded 500 acres of land on the Orem Bench, part of the land for the upper campus, a blacksmith shop, and $15,000 for the Training School Building. More- over, he and his family were among the ten principal donors to the College Building. Their largest gift was the donation of Blue Bench Irrigation bonds with a maturity date of 1934, the prin- cipal and interest from which amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Money was borrowed from this fund to build the Amanda Knight, Allen, and Knight-Mangum halls.
Jesse Knight died on March 14, 1921. In 1960 the Jesse Knight Building, which houses the College of Business, was named in his honor.
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This photograph, taken from Fifth North Street, shows how the new Col- lege Building (1898) at right was joined to the Academy Building (1892) on the left.
(Center)
An assembly in College Hall in 1902. (Bottom)
This is College Hall as it appeared after its remodeling into a theater-type audi- torium in 1930. Before that time it had the platform, but the proscenium arch had to be carried from the old Black- smith Shop across the street and erected for every play or opera. The arch was built in permanently in 1930. Thou- sands of assemblies, conferences, mu- sicals, theatricals, debates, and lectures were held here until construction of the Joseph Smith Auditorium in 1941 and even after that time.
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(Top left)
A little theater was located on the top floor at the east end of the College Building. It was the scene of many per- formances by individual artists, re- citalists, elocutionists, and ensembles. This photograph of an orchestra led by Mose Gudmansen was taken in about 1915.
(Top right)
The Provo Tabernacle, located on the west side of University Avenue between Center and First South streets, has figured prominently in the history of Brigham Young University. It was built by the Saints of Utah Valley at a time when money was difficult to obtain. Fifteen years, from 1883 to 1898, were required for its construction, largely because of financial limitations.
From 1930 to 1941, when the Joseph Smith Building was completed, BYU commencement exercises were held in
the building, the procession proceeding from the Education Building to the Tabernacle, a distance of six blocks. The Tabernacle was used for lyceum concerts even into the 1950s, and organ recitals of the Music Department con- tinued there through the 1960s. Some of the artists who have appeared there have been violinist Fritz Kreisler, pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff, baritone Paul Robeson, soprano Bidu Sayao, the Minneapolis Symphony (1918), the Metropolitan Quartet (1916), opera star Emma Lucy Gates (1923), the Bach Festival (1934), and dozens of others.
The dome in the center of the build- ing was removed later because of ex- cessive weight.
(Bottom left)
This photograph of Benjamin Cluff, Jr., with his faculty was believed taken in 1900. Row 1, left to right: Joseph L. Horne, Anthony C. Lund, Walter Wolfe, George H. Brimhall, Benjamin Cluff, Jr., Joseph B. Keeler, Edwin S. Hinckley, Nels L. Nelson, John C. Swensen; row
MA'l' 2 + |338
tf>Hons or t
COLLEGE BUILDINc.
wilford woodruff GEORGE QUAYLE CANNON. | JOSEPH FIELDING SMITH REED SMOOT.
JESSE KNICHT.
CHARLES EDWIN LOOSE ALFRED WILLIAM MC-CUNE, AMANDA INEZ KNIGHT STEPHEN L CHIPMAN JESSE WILLIAM KNIGHT
2: unidentified, Aretta Young, Mary
Woodruff, Catherine Snydergaard (Frisby), Christina D. Young, Lillian H. Cannon, Louise Whittaker, Ida Smoot Dusenberry, Alice Louise Reynolds; row 3: Valton Merrill Pratt, unidenti- fied, Hermese Peterson, Peter Joseph Jensen, Thomas Court, unidentified, John T. Miller; row 4: Frederick Q.
Warnick, unidentified, Josiah E. Hick- man, Edward H. Holt, D. Foster Cluff, James A. Oliver, and Brigham T. Higgs.
(Bottom right)
This marble tablet is mounted in the hallway of the College Building.
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(Top)
The staff of the White and Blue news- paper, one of the publications started at the Academy by President Cluff, in- cluded in 1902, back row: Emma Wood- house, left; Wallace Lowrey, Katherine Harvey, Roy Murdock, Pearl Potter; front row: Nellie Schofield, Eugene
Roberts (editor), Georgia Hoagland.
(Center)
Dramatic productions had been given infrequently at BYA, and it was not until the appointment of Miss Miriam Nelke (center) that a sustained program of dramatics began. The petite and charming lady had studied and taught at several eastern universities and was head of the Fort Worth University Elo- cution Department when she visited a sister in Provo in 1900 and formed some summer classes. Impressed, President Cluff invited her to organize classes in oral English and dramatic arts at BYA, although she was not a member of the Church. She started a regular schedule of dramatic productions, took them on tour, made the program self-sustaining, organized elocution recitals, instilled new grace and dignity in her students, and won great popularity.
Miss Nelke left BYU in 1908 to or- ganize stock companies, but she was never forgotten. Her Provo admirers and former students organized the Nelke Club in 1916, and the Nelke Ex- perimental Theater in the Harris Fine Arts Center was named in her honor.
In this 1903 elocution class photo are, top row, left to right: Beulah Storrs, Edna Berg, Hattie Redd; middle row: Emma Woodhouse, Viola Busby, Miss Miriam Nelke, Pearl Adams, Jennie Dusenberry; first row: Nora Young,
Emily J. Smith, Hannah Dunn, Sadie Preston.
(Bottom)
This large Brigham Young Academy Choir was conducted in 1902-03 by Anthony C. Lund, second row center, who later became director of the Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir (1915-35).
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(Top)
Graduates of the six-year normal course in 1900 posed in their formal graduation suits and dresses, bearing the diplomas and bouquets which were part of the occasion. The graduates were, standing, left to right: Eugene Berry, Cora
Alexander Cluff, Joseph L. Horne, Eliza- beth Maiben Magleby, Thomas D. Rees; seated: Guy C. Wilson, Ovena Jorgen- sen Oakley, R. Leo Bird, Annie Pike Greenwood (center), and Lillian H. Cannon. Courtesy of R. John Blake.
"The College Song," written by Annie Pike Greenwood (previous picture), first appeared in the White and Blue on May 15, 1899, with original music by J. J. McClellan that was later revised by William F. Hanson. When the initials changed from "BYA" to "BYU" in 1903, poetess Annie also made some slight revisions in the lyrics to provide the proper rhyme. The song is still sung at important University occasions, such as commencement and the annual be- ginning faculty meeting.
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All hail the College that we love At the throne, the throne of wisdom's sway, Oh, let us lift our songs above The thronging multitude today.
No pride of riches here may sue;
The head, the heart, the hand,
United must be true —
Be true to thee, our White and Blue,
Whet i they join our happy band.
Chorus
Then cheer anew for the B.Y.U.
We'll raise the standard — bear it through; We’ve come to work, to live, to do;
Our hearts are true to the B.Y.U.
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There is no emblem half so sweet As our colors, colors pure and true. There is no banner that we greet
Like thee, our dear old White and Blue. No youth its beauty e'er denies,
Such thoughts no maid allows,
For Blue is in her eyes,
For Blue is in her bonnie eyes,
And of white her thoughtful brow.
( Bottom )
One of the innovations President Cluff brought back from his studies at Michi- gan University was athletic competition, which included both interclass and interschool games, complete with yells and cheers unheard of up to that time in Provo (and which shocked many Church leaders). The first BYA foot- ball team in 1896 played the University of Utah (BYA— 12, U of U — 0), the Elks, the Crescents, the YMCA of Salt Lake City, the Wheel Club of Denver, and Westminster College. BYA won the championship.
The team included, back row, left to right: Eugene McArthur, president of the Athletic Association; Heber Larsen, A. D. Miller, Dave Hyde, Alma Car- bine, Walter Hasler, manager; middle row: Nephi Otteson, Jesse LeFevre,
Orville Larsen, Hans Paulsen, John Peterson, Andrew Peterson; front row: Albert Fillerup, Sam Hinckley, Ben C. Call, and Frank Cox.
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(Top)
In its second year of competition the BYA football team won the champion- ship, although it is not clear what con- stituted the league. As the result of an accidental football death in Utah in 1900, football was banned from all Church schools until 1919.
Members of this team in 1897 were, reclining: Albert Fillerup, left, John A. Johansen; seated: Bert Miller, Fred-
erick Ewell, John Judd, Dell Brown, David Hall; standing: Frank Cox,
Bayard Mendenhall, David Hyde, John Petersen, William M. Hughes, Orvil Larson, and Jesse LeFevre.
( Center )
Not men, but girls, played the first basketball at Brigham Young Academy, and the BYA won the championship in 1900. Here with their manager, E. Kimball, left, are Ovena Jorgensen, Serepta Sevey, Maud McArthur, Nora Jorgensen, Aretta Snow, Ethel Crane, and M. R. Gates. Their costumes in- cluded bloomers, caps, and ties. Cour- tesy Lynn Wakefield.
(Bottom)
At first considered a ladies' exercise, basketball was taken up by men at BYA in 1902 under Coach W. A. Colton. This first men's basketball team in- cluded Hyrum (or Thomas) Kirkham, left; Elmer (or Roy) Beck, Isaac Riley Pierce, Fred G. Richmond, Delbert Webb, Nels William Knudsen, Sam Dorrity, and Morgan Adams.
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(Top)
This art class was costumed for a special occasion in the festooned room D in the Academy Building in 1903. At that time it was customary for groups and classes to display banners bearing their motto. This one reads: "1903, Industry and Integrity."
(Center)
The ninth annual reunion of the BYA Alumni Association was held on May 31, 1900, and included a reception at 1:00 p.m. in room D, general exercises at 1:30 p.m. in College Hall, a business meeting, "lunch" at 8:00 p.m. in room 6, and a ball at 9:00 p.m. in room D. These pages from the printed program show the 1:30 p.m. exercises and the dances scheduled for the evening ball. These were general dances for every- body, not demonstrations.
(Bottom)
This was the membership certificate of the Church Normal Training School at Brigham Young Academy issued to Elizabeth Maiben in 1897 and signed by Benjamin Cluff, Jr. and E. H. Holt. This was the equivalent of a BYA activity card for the holder, who was "entitled to all the privileges thereof."
$
$ Genera i. Exercises * •
I130 P. M.
Duet Miss Ida Peterson and Mr O. Kihkham Invocation Pres. David John
Piano Solo Miss Monahan,
President’s Address L. E. EggerTSEN
Male Quartette
Messrs. Lund. Clayton, Kirkham. Jensen Address, Apostle F. M. Cowley
Sentiment. Dr. Karl G. Maesbr
Solo, Horace S. Ensign
Oration, Hon. Joshua Greenwood
“The Original Board,” Wilson H. Dusknberry Sentiment Mrs. A. W. McCune
“Brigham Young. ’’ Acting Pres. G. H. Brimhall Solo Miss Ella Derr
Benediction Apostle Reed Smoot
| Program of Dance «
1 Alumni March, led by First Vice-Prest. Jennie Brimhall Knight.
2. Waltz.
3. Plain Quadrille.
4. Rage Quadrille.
5. Chicago Glide.
6. Triangle Quadrille.
7. Two-Step.
8. Lancers.
9. Waltz.
10. National Quadrille.
11. Two-Step Polka.
12. Plain Quadrille.
13. Fascination Schottische.
14. Plain Quadrille.
15. Rage Quadrille.
16. De la Grande.
17. Triangle Quadrille.
18. Schottische.
19. Waltz Quadrille.
20. Chicago Glide.
21. Plain Quadrille.
22. “Home, Sweet Home.” Extras.
Songs and Sentiments du
ii g evening.
No. ii()G
5RIGHA/VI yOONG ACADE/Viy.
CViitrch gaining Sc ho0y
CERTIFICATE.
having complied a pith all entrance requirements of
THE CHURCH NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL,
field in connection with the fBrigham 'Young jfcademij, is herebg declared a member of said || School, and is entitled to all the privileges thereof.
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(Top)
President Cluff had desired to pursue archaeological research since his mis- sion days in Hawaii. These hopes were realized in 1900 when he was given authority to organize an expedition to Central and South America to engage in Book of Mormon archaeological study and collect botanical, zoological, and geological specimens. President Cluff received a leave of absence, and George H. Brimhall again served as acting president during his absence.
On April 17, a group of twenty-three well-equipped men left the College Building, led by a brass band and followed by most of the student body, who rode as far as Spanish Fork. There a grand reception was held, food was served, and fine speeches were made, after which the group resumed its trek southward.
At Nogales, where they were blocked from entering Mexico, they were visited by Elder Heber J. Grant, then a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, who was convinced that these young men lacked the experience to travel in the Latin American countries where there were constant revolutions; he feared for their lives. He reported to
the General Authorities, who agreed that the expedition should be called off. When President Joseph F. Smith, then a counselor in the First Presidency, visited them, they were adamant in their intentions to continue. Permission for a smaller party was given, and nine of the original twenty-three proceeded on through Mexico, Guatemala, and finally Colombia, where they had hoped to discover the city of Zarahemla, men- tioned in the Book of Mormon. They suffered all kinds of hardships, priva- tion, hunger, serious illness, scorpion and snake bites, and even arrest. Co- lombia, in the midst of a revolution, denied them permission to continue. Discouraged, they returned to the United States by ship via Cuba, arriving in Provo on February 7, 1902.
(Bottom left)
Equipped with pith helmets, these mem- bers of the BYA expedition of 1900 were, front row, left to right: Walter Wolfe, Benjamin Cluff, Jr., John B. Fairbanks (official photographer and artist); back row: Joseph Adams, Asa Kienke, Heber Magleby, Chester Van Buren, and Paul Henning.
(Bottom right)
The expedition stopped at the home of E. D. Woolley on May 4, 1900, in Kanab, Utah. In front, from left, are Lafe Reese, Royal Woolley, and Eugene L. Roberts, with Rachel Woolley behind the horse.
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(Top left)
Although the BYA expedition returned in 1902 with little success, Chester G. Van Buren, a naturalist, continued to Colombia in South America, where he struggled through jungles until the autumn of 1903. He suffered priva- tions and hardships but returned with many rare and valuable specimens, con- sisting of 1,200 birds, snakes, mammals, plants, and Indian artifacts. A museum of natural history was established through the efforts of Professor Van Buren, Professor Edwin H. Smart, and a student assistant, George Talmage. These two cases in the Education Build- ing contained the exhibits for many years, and North American specimens were later added.
(Top right)
A military post called Post of Beaver, later Fort Cameron, was established in 1872 at the mouth of Beaver Canyon in southwestern Utah between Fillmore and Cedar City. It consisted of twenty stone buildings, a ten-acre drill ground, and 240 acres of farmland. In 1883, when the troops were moved to Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City, Beaver Stake President John R. Murdock and Bishop Philo T. Farnsworth purchased the land and buildings for $15,000 and held it for the Church. In 1898 it was con- verted into a branch of Brigham Young Academy. The people of Beaver were to pay $1,200 and Provo $1,000 an- nually for its support. In 1908 the Church assumed full control of the
school, and it was renamed Murdock Academy. It was discontinued in 1922 because each county was required to maintain tuition-free schools.
(Bottom left)
The Beaver Branch of BYU marching band in about 1904 included, back row: William Riggs, John Pindleton, Joseph Snow, Hans Bastian, Amenzo Topham; middle row: unidentified, Walter
Paxton, unidentified, George Wood- house, George Hickman, Mitchell Black; front row: William Connell,
unidentified.
(Bottom right) C-125
A girls' physical education class at Beaver Branch of BYU in 1904.
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Period of Progress 1904-1921
President George H. Brimhall in the early years of his administration.
George Henry Brimhall, who served as president of Brigham Young University from 1904 to 1921, was born in Salt Lake City on December 9, 1852, and learned to work hard on family farms. The family moved to Ogden and Span- ish Fork and was called on a “Muddy Mission" to Utah's Dixie, where they suffered hunger, scant shelter, and privation — a memory that remained etched in George's mind. After the mission, the family returned to Spanish Fork and Utah Valley, for which George expressed so much love and admiration in his well-known song, “I Love You, Utah Valley" (music by William F. Hanson).
After availing himself of all the edu- cational opportunities in his hometown, he entered the Timpanogos Branch of the University of Deseret in Provo, and when that school closed he entered the new Brigham Young Academy. His tuition was to be paid with part of a beef, but when he saw the sacrifice his parents were about to make, he ob- jected, saying that it was not fair that so much of the family's winter food should go for his tuition. His mother (who made not only his clothes but also his shoes) explained that if he would go to school, he could help the other chil- dren attend later. This he had ample opportunity to do, being the eldest of ten children. While attending the Academy he did janitorial work for his support.
On receiving his teacher's diploma, he began teaching in Spanish Fork, where he helped to build the Young Men's Academy. He was a principal in Spanish Fork and later superintendent of Utah County and Provo City Schools.
George H. Brimhall was appointed a teacher at BYA in 1891 at a salary of $20 a month, which he had to augment by maintaining his own farm. He was placed in charge of the Intermediate Department, and when Professor Cluff became principal of the Academy in 1892, Professor Brimhall was made assistant professor of the Pedagogy De- partment and principal of the Training School and the Normal Department. He
served as acting principal in 1893 (the year he received the Bachelor of Peda- gogy degree), when Cluff spent a year at Michigan University, and as acting president from 1900 to 1902 when Cluff was on the expedition to South America. In 1893 he was also elected first presi- dent of the Alumni Association and remained a forceful backer of alumni work all his life.
George H. Brimhall was installed as president of Brigham Young University on April 16, 1904, with Joseph B. Keeler as his first counselor and Edwin S. Hinckley as second counselor — similar to LDS ward, stake, and Church administration. This arrangement was in accordance with a resolution of the General Church Board of Education. President Hinckley resigned in 1915 and was replaced by Amos N. Merrill. This presidency continued until 1920.
The General Board of Education and the University conferred honorary doc- torates on President Brimhall. He was a tireless worker and the Brimhall-Keller- Hinckley-Merrill period was one of cooperation and progress. The Training School Building was constructed in 1902; the Maeser Building in the period between 1909-11; the Missionary and reparatory Building (later the Arts Building) in 1904; the Women's Gym- nasium in 1913; the blacksmith's shop in 1904; and the Mechanic Arts Build- ing in 1918. Between 1904 and 1908 the campus on University Hill was ac- quired, the Y was placed on the moun- tainside, and concrete walks were con- structed throughout the grounds.
In the academic area the require- ments for a baccalaureate degree were substantially increased, the Bachelor of Science degree was offered (in 1902), and the Bachelor of Arts degree re- placed the Bachelor of Pedagogy in 1906. In 1916 the master's degree was authorized. Therefore, by 1920 the catalog was able to state: "The Brigham Young University comprises the Church Teacher's College, offering (1) graduate work leading to master degrees; (2) four years' work above high school, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts; (3)
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two years' work leading to a normal diploma; (4) two years' work leading to a diploma in business education; (5) one year's work leading to a normal cer- tificate. It also maintains a high school of four years' work and an elementary school." Sabbatical leaves with pay were approved in 1904. The practice of conferring honorary degrees on persons of outstanding achievement was inaugu- rated on February 12, 1912, by award- ing Emmaline B. Wells,- a writer of distinction, the Honorary Doctorate of Literature. Honorary degrees pre- viously had been conferred on Karl G. Maeser and Benjamin Cluff, Jr., both of whom were within the school organi- zation. The enrollment when Presi- dent Brimhall took office was 1,275 in all departments, of which only sixty- four were college students. College enrollment was 438 in 1921.
President Brimhall inspired a period of cooperation, obtaining cheerful re- sponse when he asked students and faculty to repair the gymnasium floor, construct the Y on the mountain, pour concrete walks, dig sewer trenches, or build mountain trails. He also sug- gested the organization of BYU Women and appointed Mrs. Elbert H. Eastmond to organize the group. However, this was also a time of financial difficulty, and for a time enrollments had to be restricted. The school was still re- sponsible for much of its own support but had to call on the Church for relief from its debts.
In 1910 and 1911 a flurry of excite- ment was caused by the appearance of so-called "higher criticism" marked by liberal views about religion in faculty debates and some classroom teaching. The campus community found itself divided into extreme groups, with some trying to adjust in the middle and with President Brimhall trying to keep a balance. The controversy also spilled over into the press, both on and off campus. The matter came to a climax when General Superintendent of Church Schools Horace H. Cummings brought the controversy to the attention of the General Board of Education, and
an investigation was held. The Church took no stand on scientific theories, but the Board cautioned against teaching ideas contrary to the teachings of the Presidency and the Apostles of the Church. Three faculty members left the school.
President Brimhall probably is re- membered best as a great orator. Pro- fessor Alice Louise Reynolds said his short speeches, a regular feature of devotionals, were "electrifying." They were later collected into a book, Long and Short Arrows. Bryant S. Hinckley, in a memorial address, said President Brimhall was an orator "of the brilliant, meteoric type who often reaches the great spiritual altitudes and appeals to the high emotions — the kind that touches the hearts of people and leads them to action."
On April 26, 1921, President Brim- hall was honorably released and re- ceived the rank of President Emeritus. Thereafter he served as director of theology for eleven years. He died on July 29, 1932, in his eightieth year. Two stories were added to the Me- chanic Arts Building, and on October 16, 1935, it was named the Brimhall Building in his honor.
These song lyrics were written by President George H. Brimhall, who always expressed great love for his valley home.
I Love You, Utah Valley
I love you Utah Valley,
You are near and dear to me.
I love your eastern Kolob And your western Galilee.
I love your Timpanogos,
Reaching up to kiss the sky And your rugged Provo Mountain,
With its bosom 'neath the "Y".
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O Valley of Peace,
Your charms never cease.
You're a Garden of Eden,
0 valley to me.
'Tho far I may roam I'll dream of my home,
And awake with a yearning, With a yearning for thee,
My Utah Valley, my home.
1 love your white robed winter,
I love your golden fall.
I love your balmy summer And your springtime best of all. I love your breezy canyons,
And the music of your streams. I love you in my waking And I love you in my dreams.
President George H. Brimhall in his later years.
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Joseph B. Keeler, who was first coun- selor to President George H. Brimhall and dean of the Business College from 1904 to 1920, was one of the original twenty-nine students to sign up with Karl G. Maeser in 1876. Soon after receiving his diploma in 1877, he be- came a member of the faculty, giving a total of thirty-seven years of service to the school. During the financial diffi- culties of the 1880s Professor Keeler was appointed supervisor of the school boarding house, which was opened as an additional means of finance; he served without pay.
Under Principal Maeser he was head of the Academic Department and taught bookkeeping, history, and civil govern- ment, serving also as president of the Theology Department. Under Presi- dent Cluff he was assigned to organize a military training unit for both men and women. He received the degree of Master of Accounts at Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and in 1894 the Church Board of Education conferred on him the degree of Bachelor of Didactics.
During his life he also served as president of Utah Stake, president of BYU Alumni Association, city council- man, city and county recorder, news- paper editor, and director of enterprises such as Utah Lake Irrigation Company, Provo Reservoir Company, and Orem Interurban Railway Company.
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Edwin S. Hinckley, who served as sec- ond counselor to President George H. Brimhall from 1904 to 1915, was born on July 21, 1868, the first pioneer child born in Cove Fort. He received his normal diploma at BYA in 1891 and later obtained his Bachelor of Science in geology at the University of Michi- gan, after which he returned to the Academy as head of the Department of Science. President Brimhall chose him as second counselor in 1904. Under President Cluff he had promoted the Alumni Association and was its presi- dent in 1897-98 and 1924-25.
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Hinckley left BYU to become prin- cipal of the Industrial School in Ogden but returned to Provo to serve as execu- tive secretary of the Chamber of Com- merce.
A hall in the Helaman Halls complex has been named for the Hinckley family (descendants of Ira Nathaniel Hinckley, Edwin's father), and a continuing trib- ute to Edwin's life and service is main- tained at BYU by his sons and daughters in the Edwin S. Hinckley Memorial Fund, through which about fifteen out- standing BYU seniors yearly receive substantial grants to continue their educations.
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President George H. Brimhall and his wife Flora were photographed in 1912 on their favorite mounts in front of the family home in Provo at Third East and First North. President Brimhall mar- ried Alsina Elizabeth Wilkins in 1874, and they had six children: Lucy Jane (Mrs. J. Will Knight), Alsina Elizabeth (Mrs. Lafayette H. Holbrook), George W., Mark Henry, Wells L., and Milton A. In 1885 he married Flora Robertson; children from this marriage were Dean R., Fay R. (Mrs. Julian M. Cummings), Faun R. (Mrs. Thomas E. McKay), Burns R., Ruth Afton, Paul R., Alta R., Golden H., and Aero R. Courtesy of Golden H. Brimhall.
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When Edwin S. Hinckley resigned in 1915, Amos N. Merrill was appointed counselor to President Brimhall and dean of the Church Teachers College until 1921.
Born on March 15, 1875, in Rich- mond, Utah, he received a bachelor's degree in 1896 at Utah State Agricul- tural College, a master's degree in 1908 at the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. in 1926 at Stanford University.
He joined the Brigham Young College (at Logan) faculty in 1902 and taught mechanical arts, biology, and agricul- ture. He was named professor of agri- culture at BYU in 1910 and continued at BYU until his death in 1953. When called to the BYU presidency, he was principal of the high school.
After 1921 he became professor of vocational education, professor of sec- ondary education, and dean of the College of Education. He also served on the Provo Board of Education and as president of the Utah Education Asso- ciation.
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On a visit to BYU, Elder James E. Talmage, center, member of the Council of the Twelve and former president of the University of Deseret, met Presi- dent George H. Brimhall, left, and his first counselor in the University presi- dency, Joseph B. Keeler.
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George H. Brimhall, center, then acting president, poses with the Commercial faculty of BYA in 1902. Back row: Tom Smith, left; Ed Holt, Orson Camp- bell, Albert Cope, R. Eugene Allen; middle row: Ernest Partridge, John C. Swensen, Joseph B. Keeler, George H. Brimhall, Alice Louise Reynolds, N. L. Nelson, Edwin S. Hinckley; front row: Earl J. Glade, John E. Hayes, John Reese, and Mrs. Sadie Worsley.
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In May 1901, while he was acting president of BYA, George H. Brimhall urged construction of a building for the Church Normal Training School, with
a gymnasium on the upper floor. The Board of Trustees promptly authorized the building when Jesse Knight offered to contribute $15,000 and also involve his industrialist friends. David Evans donated $5,000; Thomas Kearns, $1,000; and David Keith, $1,000. Students and friends raised the remainder of the needed $35,000. Dedication exercises were conducted on February 17, 1902.
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The campus in 1902 included, right, the High School Building (formerly Academy Building); in the rear: the
College Building; and left: the Training School Building. Construction of the Missionary and Preparatory Building (later the Arts Building) was to com- mence in 1903 between the two struc- tures. Notice the arrangement of the outside heating plant for the Training School Building.
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Before construction of the Training Building, no gymnasium was available to the students of BYA. Gym classes were held in the southeast room of the basement of the High School (Educa- tion) Building, with no dressing rooms or showers available. The Training Building consisted of three floors, the lower two with classrooms and offices and the upper story a gymnasium. The steel girders for the roof, to provide a full span, had to be shipped in from the East. The gymnasium contained a balcony for spectators or for an or- chestra. The opening event was not an athletic contest but a grand ball on February 7, 1902.
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A 1912 men's gym class in the old Training School Building gymnasium.
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Fans packed the old Men's Gym for basketball games. (Notice the boys perched in the baskets on the sides of the court.) Intercollegiate basketball games were moved to the Women's Gymnasium on Fifth North and Uni- versity Avenue in 1912 because of its accessibility. Courtesy Lynn Wakefield.
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Algie Eggertson (Ballif) conducted a women's physical education class in the gymnasium over the Training School in about 1918, although most women's classes were held in the Women's Gym- nasium, completed in 1913.
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The Arts Building was first called the Missionary and Preparatory Building. LDS missionaries were sent to Brigham Young University to attend the Mis- sionary Department before leaving for their labors throughout the world. The Preparatory School was established to help boys and girls who had been de- prived in their education. They were prepared to complete the eighth grade, which was required for admission to high school in Utah. The Board of Trustees asked a donation toward the building of $9,000 from the Alpine, Nebo, Utah, and Wasatch Stakes. The building was dedicated on October 26, 1904, by President Joseph F. Smith. When its purposes changed and it be- came the Arts Building, it was rededi- cated on January 16, 1908, by Elder John Henry Smith, apostle.
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Missionary training was conducted at Brigham Young University during the administration of President Brimhall and was one of the purposes for the construction of the Missionary and Preparatory Building (later the Arts Building) in 1904. With this missionary class of the winter of 1912 were the faculty on the front row: Beatrice
Camp, left; Alice Louise Reynolds, George H. Brimhall, William Boyle, and F. Leslie Hickman.
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When the Missionary and Preparatory Building was constructed in 1904, the top floor was devoted to a Domestic Science and Domestic Arts Department. Emma Lucy Gates, great opera star, contributed $909.70, the proceeds of a concert, for the benefit of the depart- ment, which was named in honor of Lucy B. Young, Miss Gates' grand- mother. This was the cooking class in that department. Note the coal stove at left.
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Students under the direction of Hans Anderson (rear) work at forges in the old blacksmithing shop on Fifth North Street.
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More than 1,600 students, teachers, and friends participated in the dedication of Temple Hill on January 16, 1908, as the site for the "University of Zion." Here they form a huge living block "Y." President Joseph F. Smith offered the prayer of dedication.
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On January 16, 1908 (Karl G. Maeser's birthday), this procession moved to the top of Temple Hill (now Upper Campus) for the dedication of the land for a new campus. President Brimhall was in- strumental in acquiring the land on the eminence overlooking Utah Valley; he visualized it as the site for "the greatest campus in the world." Seventeen acres of Temple Hill were purchased on February 7, 1904, from the City of Provo for $125 an acre, with the pro- vision that the University must erect buildings on the ground and not use it for speculation. But the students and faculty were distressed by the fact that about two acres at the point of the hill were owned by a Salt Lake City real estate firm, blocking plans for a unified campus. They were able to purchase it, however, for $1,208, raised by contri- butions of the students and faculty, who sacrificed candy and entertainment money for the purpose. Later the Uni- versity expanded its holdings, and the campus now exceeds 500 acres.
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A site about where the Joseph Smith Memorial Building now stands was chosen for a running track and playing field. In 1904 men with teams of horses and scrapers donated their time to level this land and develop a suitable track with banked curves. The land was sur- veyed by E. D. Partridge. Bleachers were constructed on the south side of the field on the brow of the hill. The grandstand was used until April 15, 1932, when it was destroyed by fire. In this photo, notice Raymond Grove at left, a favorite picnicking spot for Provoans, named after Raymond Knight, son of Jesse Knight.
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Men and women with rakes, shovels, and teams of horses pulling scrapers prepared the area for the track and playing field.
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Happy students leaned on their shovels and rakes to pose for a photograph as they finished up work on the new grandstand and playing field on Upper Campus in 1905. While the figures in the picture are very small, the men in the center can be identified as Presi- dent George H. Brimhall and Coach Clayton Teetzel.
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Beginning in 1911 the annual Invita- tional Track and Field Meet attracted high school athletes from all over the state to compete at the old grandstand.
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Brigham Young High School boys in 1909 painted the initials "B.Y.U." atop the newly constructed grandstand.
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Within a year after the death of Karl G. Maeser in 1901, the students and alumni expressed a desire to build something to the memory of the great
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teacher. The original proposal was for a memorial building on the southeast corner of the lower campus, but this idea was abandoned when the Univer- sity acquired land on Temple Hill. The site for this building had formerly served as a graveyard for the first settlement in Provo (1849). Families of the deceased were asked to move the graves to a new cemetery on the road to Springville. According to Physical Plant officials, many graves still remain on this hill, however, because some preferred to leave their dead undis- turbed.
Architects for the project were Ware and Treganza of Salt Lake City, and the building was constructed from 1909 to 1911. It consisted of offices and class- rooms and served as the administration building from 1911 to 1961. The in- terior is finished in oak with marble on the main stairways. The exterior walls are constructed of oolithic limestone, the same stone used for the Manti Temple.
Cost of the building was $130,000, of which $65,000 was contributed by the Jesse Knight family. President Joseph F. Smith and Lafayette Holbrook, a board member, also made generous con- tributions, and the rest was raised by the Alumni Association in donations from 1,600 persons.
During World War I, when a unit of the Student Army Training Corps was established at BYU, soldiers were housed in the Maeser Building. In fact, President Ernest L. Wilkinson, who was a student soldier at that time, bunked in the same room where he later pre- sided as president of the University.
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Cornerstone laying for the Maeser Memorial Building was held on October 16, 1909. President Joseph F. Smith (with white beard) presided and guided the stone into place. Above the stone in this photograph were Senator Reed Smoot (holding black hat), Jesse Knight, and Wilson Dusenberry. President Brimhall is seen above and slightly to the right of President Smith.
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The Training Building, constructed in 1902, provided gymnasium space for activities of limited size, and dances were held in a large room in the High School (Education) Building. By 1912, however, both buildings were too small for many of the school's recreational activities, and it was often necessary to use the private Mozart Hall at First West and First South in Provo. Presi- dent Brimhall obtained a Church ap- propriation for construction of a large gymnasium-dance hall on the west side of University Avenue across the street from the High School Building. Wom- en's physical education activities were relocated there, and it was named the Ladies Gymnasium. In the early 1930s the name was changed to Women's Gymnasium.
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The Maeser Memorial Building under construction in 1910.
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Assembly room in the upper story of Maeser Building. Faculty meetings were held here until the 1950s, when the area was renovated into offices.
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Groundbreaking for the Women's Gymnasium on November 6, 1912.
Prayer was offered by Alfred Osmond, and the address of the day was delivered by Professor Alice Louise Reynolds.
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During a social leadership class in the Women's Gymnasium Miss Elmina Taylor with Scout Executive Oscar A. Kirkham (center) and Athletic Director E. L. Roberts with Mrs. Algie Eggertson Ballif (near orchestra) demonstrated correct dance steps.
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These well-dressed young gentlemen were students at Brigham Young Uni- versity between 1903 and 1907: Ellis Pickett (seated on floor), Wilford McAllister, Joseph McAllister, and Whitehead.
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This cartoon was inspired by the con- troversy that raged over a local Provo ordinance prohibiting the sale of liquor in 1909, ten years before the Volstead Act implemented the Eighteenth
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbidding the sale of alcoholic bever- ages. On the near side of the street are the red-nosed "wets" standing among beer barrels. Across the street are the "dry" students and faculty, parading in front of a saloon carrying signs declar- ing "Down with Saloons," "BYU for Prohibition," "Faculty Strong for Pro- hibition," and a picture of a drunk labeled "Finished Product."
The local law resulted from a resolu- tion drawn up by the presidency of BYU, adopted by the Board of Trustees on June 4, 1909, and submitted to the Provo City council. It stated, in part, that "the saloon is an evil in any com- munity" and "a constant menace to morale and well-being." It asserted further: "The saloon and the influences that go out from it cause most of the trouble with which the faculty have to cope in the government and discipline
of students. We, therefore, respectfully ask that you take steps looking to the abolishment of the saloon at a very early date, that Provo, which is now a college town, may place itself in line with other college towns that stand for prohibition."
The petition was approved not only by the city but also by the county com- mission so that prohibition was estab- lished throughout Utah County.
But the battle was not yet over. Wets of both parties bolted and put up an independent wet ticket. They suc- ceeded in electing the general officers of the city, while the dries elected the city council; they tended constantly to cancel each other out, but enforcement succeeded fairly well until the Eigh- teenth Amendment took over.
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This is the title page, printed in yellow and black, of the 1911 Banyan, the first BYU yearbook of that name. It was preceded by the 1909 Fourth Year High School Album, which was of horizontal format and bound in leather. In 1912 the yearbook name changed to Mizpah, a clothbound volume, and in 1913 to BYUtah. In 1914 the name reverted back to Banyan, which has continued to the present. The name was taken from a statement by Karl G. Maeser: "When, on the 24th of April fourteen years ago, the Academy opened, with 29 students, and myself the only teacher, when the range of studies did not extend beyond the fifth grade, no one imagined that in that insignificant beginning the germ of a system had been planted which, in its gradual development, was to penetrate with its ramifications throughout all the borders of Zion, stretching its branches like a great banyan tree, as it were, far and wide."
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A drafting class on Lower Campus in about 1904.
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Physics laboratory and lecture room on Lower Campus in about 1904.
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Chemistry class in the High School Building in about 1904.
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Children in the Training School in about 1904 present a Japanese program.
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Recipients of the bachelor's degree at commencement exercises on May 26, 1904, were A. Theodore Johnson, left; Byron O. Colton, George C. Laney, Clarence S. Jarvis, and John E. Booth. They carried their diplomas and gifts of
flowers and displayed their banner with the motto: "Faith and Self-Effort."
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Graduates from the College Department in 1907. Back row, left: Hans C. Peter- son, George R. Hill, and Harvey
Fletcher (later the famous scientist for whom a building was named on cam- pus); front row, left: Robert H. Sains- bury, Georgia Hoagland, and Franklin S. Harris (later president of the Uni- versity). Peterson and Hoagland re- ceived the first Bachelor of Arts degrees. The others received Bachelor of Science degrees.
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Dressed up as though for a party, these Brigham Young University students of 1906 were on a natural science class field trip to the natural hot springs they called "hot pots" in Midway, Utah. Edith Redd was about to descend a ladder into an old crater of "pot rock" (calcareous tufa). Others in the pic- ture are (2) Joseph Sudweeks, (3) Nellie Clyde, (6) Charles De Graff, (7) Newton Jackson, (8) Lorena Chipman (Fletcher) (American Mother of the Year in 1965), and (9) George R. Hill.
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The first graduation after Brigham Young Academy became Brigham Young University was held May 26, 1904, at the Provo Tabernacle, after which the entire group was photo- graphed on the grounds, with President Brimhall in the foreground. The girls in pretty white dresses carried bouquets, and the men were dressed in Sunday best. Five of them wore caps and gowns. The Bachelor of Science degree was offered in 1902, and the Bachelor of Arts degree replaced the Bachelor of Pedagogy in 1906. The master's degree was authorized in 1916. From the George Edward Anderson Collection, courtesy Nelson Wadsworth.
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The Rialto Club, formed in 1903-04, was a rather exclusive men's club on campus, organized for discussing cur- rent economic and political issues. Con- vened in the College Club Room in 1905 or 1906 for this photograph were Don- ald Forsyth (at desk), president; Elmer Jacob (2), vice-president; Roy Mellor (3), Dell Boyer (4), Charles Kimball (5), Art Stallings (6), William W. Snow (7), John Reese (8), Fred Lamb (9), Arthur V. Watkins (10), Lester Mangum (11), John McGuire (12), unidentified (13), Marion Wakefield (14), George P. Parker (15), George R. Hill (16), uni- dentified (17), and Albert Mabey (18).
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Albert Miller, a German musician, joined the BYA faculty in 1901 and or- ganized the first band and orchestra. He died in 1906 and was succeeded by Robert Sauer, also from Germany, whom Miller had assisted when he arrived in Utah. In 1965 a room in the new Harris Fine Arts Center was named Albert Miller Orchestra Room in his honor. He is seen with the school or- chestra in this 1904 photograph.
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Professor Anthony C. Lund with some of his outstanding students of music in about 1905; back row, left to right: Mabel Borg (Jenkins), Ray Holdaway, Clarence Hawkins, Mary Lewis; front row: Mattie Salmon, Professor Lund,
and Florence Jepperson (Madsen). He taught at BYA and BYU from 1893 to 1900 and from 1902 to 1915.
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Mary Hale Woolsey, a student at BYU from 1914 to 1917, wrote the words to "Springtime in the Rockies."
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The legend on the back of this old photograph identified these students as the staff of the White and Blue news- paper in 1907-08. Members were, front row, left to right: Joseph K.
Nicholes, Heber C. Snell (editor), Thethe Hardy, Roy Gardner; back row: W. King Driggs, Olive Maiben Nicholes, Albert J. Ashman, J. F. Russon, Earl J. Glade, Ethel Smith, and Clarence Jacob. A building on campus was named in honor of Joseph K. Nicholes. A lecture room in the Jesse Knight Building was named in honor of Earl J. Glade, later head of the BYU Business Department, bookstore manager, founder of Radio Station KSL, and mayor of Salt Lake City for twelve years. W. King Driggs was patriarch of the "King Family," of television and motion picture fame.
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Resplendent in elaborate new uniforms, the BYU Band poses on the steps of the High School Building for its official 1909 photo. Conductor was Robert Sauer, bandmaster from Germany. He became director of the BYU band in 1906 and was recognized as one of the foremost band directors in the area, serving until 1943. He composed the music to "Springtime in the Rockies." His memory is perpetuated by the Robert Sauer Band Room in the Harris Fine Arts Center.
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A BYU orchestra in 1912.
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The Masterbuilders, photographed here on a 1906 field trip, was a club com- posed of art students. Their teacher, standing, was Professor Elbert H. East- mond.
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These students, who received a special certificate in fine arts in about 1906, are Anna Parkinson (Nibley) (1), Fannie McLean (2), Bryan Alder (3), Mae Mortensen (4), Julia Brown (Knudsen) (5), Christensen (6), unidentified (7), Emily Anderson (8), Bessie Eastmond (Gourley) (9), unidentified (10), and Virginia Chipman (Murdock) (11).
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Members of the College Club, made up of students in the College Department, got down to business in this club meet- ing of 1906 or 1907.
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The Myster Club during President Brimhall's administration was made up of young ladies training to be kinder- garten teachers. Members in this 1906 photograph are, front row: Helena
Roberts, Dulcie Webb Warnick, Edith Young Booth, Bertie Walsh, Anna Sharp Paxman, Estella Spilsbury Harris, Edith Hindley Taylor, Violet Long Broadbent; second row: Nellie Clyde DeGraff,
Adar Taylor Cropper, Mary Bartholo- mew Stewart, Beatrice Ashworth Cash, Bernice Chipman Lloyd, Bessie Spencer Bateman, and Lola B. White. Their teacher was Mrs. Ida S. Dusenberry.
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A campus cleanup and work day in 1904. This was the forerunner of Y Day after the block Y was placed on the mountain in 1906.
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This was the heavy duty equipment of the "Sagerooters.” Since many of the students were farmboys, wagons and teams were plentiful for the occasion.
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Professor Ernest Partridge, front row center (5), was teacher of the BYU Mandelin and Guitar Club in 1907.
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The "Sagerooters” spent a workday on Orem Bench in 1907 clearing sagebrush from 500 acres of land located at about what is now the center of Orem City. The land was donated to the University by Jesse Knight and was leased or sold in parcels to finance various campus projects. Typical of students of the time, they made a good time of it and were even serenaded at their work by the BYU Band.
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The Brigham Young University Student Council in 1909 included, front row, left to right: John C. Swensen (faculty), Beatrice Mellor, J. Robert Robinson, Vivia Finlayson, John C. Peterson, Alice Louise Reynolds (faculty); second row: Heber C. Snell, Lawrence Epperson, Carl Nelson, C. Hardy Carroll, David R. Mitchell, Hugh E. Love, Paul Miner, Elmer Jacob, and Jesse F. Bean.
(Top right)
A thrilling drama produced in 1909 was "The Amazon," coached by Freeda Barnum Cluff. The cast included, seated on floor, left to right: Luella
Adams (Dalton), Vivien Bonnett (Far- rer), Sam Rigby; seated: Harold Finch, Lloyd E. Woods, Mamie Calder (Robi- son), Wyman Berg; standing: Myrtle
Thorne (Weeks), Jesse Ellertsen, Karl Keeler, and Edna Geddes.
(Center left)
Members of the high school com- mercial class of 1909 wanted to make sure everyone identified them and wore identical outfits with a big "C" on the
jersey. Front row: Bartle Parker,
Milton Fletcher, Florence Bee, Eva Page (Wanless), Edna Holdaway, Lewis Jones, D. W. Seely; middle row: Leo Ellertson, Ray Mahoney, Deloss Pax- man; Top row: Arthur Gardner, J.
Sylvan Rasband, Leon Neuren, Wayne Decker, Ray Russell, Merlin Southwick, Earl Spafford, Cyril Duffin, Milton Chipman, and Alvan Anderson.
(Center right)
President George H. Brimhall and Dr. Christen Jensen (in academic costumes) with some members of the class of 1914: Henry Aldous Dixon, left; M.
Wilford Poulson, Fernada Eyring, David J. Wilson, Charles E. McClellan, Lottie Harris, Murray Oswald Hayes, S. D. Moore, Jr., Julia B. Jensen, and Thomas C. Romney.
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Commercial graduates of 1908 pre- sented a sketch on the College Hall stage under the name of their fictitious company, "Catchem and Cheatem." Behind them are the accoutrements of a
stockbroker's office, including office machines and the stock list. As was the custom with graduating groups in that period, they also displayed a banner with their motto: "Character and Repu- tation Our Capital."
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On the first Y Day (1906) this group of young ladies riding burros was assisted up the mountain by Kanute Peterson to view the activities. The group included Chloe Smoot, left; Genieve Elliott, Erma Loose, "Pete" Peterson, Nettie Smith, Annette Parkinson, and Pearl Boren.
(Bottom)
According to legend, the junior class had the audacity to sneak up the side of the steep mountain east of campus and paint "1907" in bold view of everyone. The outraged seniors virtually declared war on the upstarts, and to keep the peace, student administrators suggested painting the University symbol on the mountainside in place of numerals.
Professor Ernest D. Partridge de- signed the emblem and supervised its survey in 1906. It measured 322 X 120 feet, and 280 acres of land were pur- chased for the project. Elmer Jacob, Clarence Jacob, and Harvey Fletcher, students of Professor Partridge, climbed the mountain and staked out the out- line of the letter. According to Dr. Fletcher (later one of the nation's most honored scientists) the survey was made by sighting from the top of the High School Building. Originally, said Dr. Fletcher, all three letters — B-Y-U — were planned, but the upkeep of even one has proved to be an overwhelming task. From the air the letter appears elongated, but it was intentionally de- signed that way so that it would look normal from the valley floor. At first it was a plain letter, but in 1911 it was made into a block Y by the addition of serifs (foot and caps).
Every year on Y Day it was built up with stones and cement and white- washed by thousands of students haul- ing thousands of gallons of lime mix- ture up the mountain by bucket brigade. In this photo, students, like a swarm of ants, work over the letter. In 1972 and 1973 the letter was whitewashed with the aid of a helicopter because of ero- sion problems; thereafter the work has been done at autumn registration time by incoming freshmen.
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(Top left)
Another scene on the first Y Day. Notice that the area outlined for the Y had not yet been entirely covered with lime. Courtesy Dr. Albert D. Swensen.
( Top right)
These students (about 1908) shield their faces from the hot lime being prepared to whitewash the Y.
(Center left)
For sixty-four years scenes like this were typical of annual Y Day as stu- dents formed bucket brigades to pass full buckets of whitewash up the moun- tain and send empty buckets down to be refilled for the refurbishing of the school symbol.
(Center right)
Whitewash being sloshed on the block
Y after the bucket brigade had moved it up the mountainside.
(Bottom left)
Throughout the decades, beginning in 1924, a thrilling tradition has been the lighting of the Y on special occasions, such as commencement, homecoming,
Y Day, and the announcement of the Belle of the Y. The spectacular sight is provided by the Intercollegiate Knights, who place petroleum torches around the huge letter.
(Bottom right)
In later years students who shirked their duty on Y Day were tossed into the frog pond. This photo was taken in 1945.
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big letter. The mass painting was re- sumed in 1974 by freshmen at autumn registration.
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An occasion of excitement and impor- tance in Provo was the visit on Septem- ber 24, 1909, of U.S. President William Howard Taft. A large crowd gathered at the muddy railroad yards at the old Provo depot to witness the arrival of the President's special train and to see him on the observation platform (far left). From here he was driven in an early vintage automobile through the city and to Temple Hill to see the new BYU campus, then back to the Provo Taber- nacle.
(Top left)
Erosion from too much traffic on the mountainside over the years brought warnings from the U.S. Forest Service as the Y threatened to crumble. On April 29, 1961, students aided in repair of the site by cementing rocks into place along the edge of the letter. Ter- racing and catch basins were prepared.
(Top right)
In 1972 and 1973, erosion on the moun- tain and an earlier end of school dic- tated the abandonment of the tradi- tional mass whitewashing of the Y, and the work was performed by helicopter. The craft lifted the whitewash up the mountain and hovered as a small crew on the ground released the paint on the
(Bottom)
President Taft, standing (in trench coat), expressed his approval of the develop- ments to that time and of the prospects for the future. With him was a military escort and U.S. Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, in dark suit and derby hat. Be- yond is Raymond Grove and the fence around the old playing field, and at right is the foundation of the Maeser Building, upon which the cornerstone was laid only three weeks later on October 16, 1909. For this occasion BYU students placed the letters T-A-F-T on the mountainside below the block Y. Notice the beautiful old automobile with gas lights and strapped hood and with gearshift and brake on the outside.
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(Top left)
After a drive around Provo, President Taft addressed a capacity audience in the Provo Tabernacle. In this photo- graph Senator Reed Smoot is at the pulpit, and President Taft stands at his left.
(Top right)
David Starr Jordan, left, president of Stanford University, was greeted at the Provo railroad station by BYU President George H. Brimhall when he came in April, 1912, to give a lecture in the Lyceum series.
(Bottom left)
Helen Keller, center, visited BYU in 1914 on a lecture tour. Her interpreter, left, holds her hand to converse with her through sign language. Courtesy Dr. Albert D. Swensen.
(Bottom center)
John Dewey, right, famous philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, was photographed with John C. Swen- sen and President George H. Brimhall during his visit to Brigham Young Uni- versity as a lecturer in summer school in 1901. Courtesy Dr. Albert D. Swensen.
(Bottom right)
Eugene L. Roberts (1880-1953) was born in Provo and enrolled at the Brig- ham Young Academy in 1898, later serving as editor of the White and Blue newspaper and captain of the track team that won the first Utah Inter- collegiate Track and Field Meet. When BYA abandoned football in 1900, Roberts became a member of the "out- law" Provo team. He also was a mem- ber of the Cluff expedition to South America, 1900-02.
"Gene" joined the BYU faculty in 1910 as coach and physical director and continued until 1927, but he turned his coaching duties over to Alvin Twitchell in 1921. He left BYU to become physi- cal education director at the University of Southern California.
Roberts loved the Wasatch Moun- tains and originated the Timpanogos hike to give more people a chance to share the area's beauty. In the same spirit he started the "moonlight Maple Flat hike," sunrise and sunset hikes, the annual Winter Carnival, and the sum- mer scenic tour to southern Utah. This dynamic innovator also started the In- vitational Track and Field Meet and Relay Carnival, the Thanksgiving cross- country run, social hours, the first Boy Scouting classes, and the first classes in social recreation leadership. He was instrumental in bringing football back
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to BYU in 1919.
In the first five years of his coaching career, his basketball teams won the state collegiate title four times and came within a couple of points of winning the AAU national basketball championship in Chicago in 1917. Roberts coached all sports and turned out some outstand- ing athletes, including Olympic cham- pions. His main concern, however, was to bring physical activity and recreation to large numbers of students, faculty, and townspeople, rather than to only a few athletes.
(Top left)
One of the many "firsts" inaugurated by Coach Roberts, the Timpanogos hike (beginning in 1912), brought him the nickname of E. L. "Timpanogos" Rob- erts. The idea for the hike was inspired by his church mission to Switzerland
and the Alps. The accompanying photograph is believed to be the first group of hikers as they scrambled up the mountain and paused at the 12,000- foot summit to enjoy the breathtaking view.
Although there were earlier hikes, the first organized group, a handful of students and townspeople, had to haul their bedding and camping provisions up the north fork of Provo Canyon from Wildwood to Aspen Grove (a name originated by Roberts) by foot over an old sawmill drag road. They camped at Aspen Grove the first night, made the hike to the summit the second day, then camped at Aspen Grove that night. In 1913 the fame of the hike had spread, and sixty-five hikers participated in the event, which included a prehike pro- gram the night before — a tradition which continued until the hike was
discontinued in 1970.
Dr. C. J. Hart was Timp hike chair- man from 1928 to 1961, and Dr. Israel C. Heaton from 1961 to 1970.
(Top right)
This photograph was taken by John C. Swensen in 1907 before the start of the organized annual Timpanogos hike. These early hikers made their way around a great crevasse in the glacier. Courtesy Dr. Albert D. Swensen.
(Bottom)
Anthony C. Lund, music conductor at BYU in the early 1900s and later Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir conductor, rests near the peak of Mount Timpanogos. Courtesy Dr. Albert D. Swensen.
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(Top)
Activities of the Timpanogos hike al- ways started on a Friday night in late July or early August with a bonfire ceremony and program at Aspen Grove in the north fork of Provo Canyon at the foot of the majestic peak. This was the site of the BYU Alpine Summer School during the 1920s and 1930s, later taken over as the Alumni Associa- tion Aspen Grove Family Camp. The
Friday night ceremonies were held in a natural amphitheater, where a stage had been improvised. "Timp sticks” (hiking sticks) were awarded to the oldest par- ticipant, those who had traveled the farthest, the one who had made the most hikes, and to visiting dignitaries. In later years a photo contest was held and the winning photographs displayed.
(Bottom left)
A frequent feature of the bonfire pro- gram before the Timpanogos hike was the production of "The Legend of Tim- panogos” by Eugene L. Roberts, used as the basis for an opera by Professor Wil- liam F. Hanson that premiered in 1937. According to the legend, beautiful In- dian Princess Utahna was required by her tribe to leap from the peak as a sacrifice to the gods in a time of drought. But she was intercepted by
her lover, Red Eagle, who convinced her he was the god of Timpanogos, and they lived happily for a time in Timpanogos Cave. When they were found out, Red Eagle was wounded; so Utahna learned that he was not a god but a mortal man. She was forced to make the leap, and the bleeding brave carried her broken body to the cave (Timpanogos Cave National Monument), where a large heart-shaped stalactite, glowing red, grows at the spot where the final tragic scene took place.
(Bottom right)
Professor William F. Hanson, composer of the Timpanogos-based opera. The Bleeding Heart. He also composed music for "The College Song" (words by Annie Pike Greenwood) and a ver- sion of "The Old Y Bell" (words by Dr. Carlton Culmsee).
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In 1929 the temporary stage at Aspen Grove was replaced by a permanent rustic stone structure.
(Top right)
A brave climber on the annual Tim- panogos Hike in 1925 starts his swift slide down the precipitous glacier. Courtesy Homer Wakefield.
(Bottom left)
The hikers made their way over and around snowbanks and ledges on the switchback trail to the peak of Mount Timpanogos. The event drew partici- pants, often numbering more than 5,000, from many states and nations. Soon BYU was only one of the sponsors, as the Chamber of Commerce offered Timp sticks to special visitors and sum- mit badges to everyone who reached
the top. Also involved in contributing to the hike's promotion, success, and safety were the Forest Service, the Boy Scouts, the Alpine Club, the Sheriff's Jeep Patrol, and other law enforcement agencies and civic groups. At the sug- gestion of the U.S. Forest Service, the hike was discontinued after the 1970 climb because of the damage done to the mountain and its ecology by the assault of thousands of hikers in a single day.
(Bottom right)
Hikers in the 1950s crowd around a bonfire at Emerald Lake after a slide down the glacier during the Timpanogos hike. One girl hides her face from the smoke, while others dry out their soaked clothing. There were plenty of blisters, lots of sunburns, a few nosebleeds from the altitude, and occasionally a heart attack.
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(Top left )
This basketball team of the class of 1907 had eliminated the heavy quilted foot- ball pants worn by earlier basketball players. They gained speed and mo- bility by wearing boxer shorts, which, no doubt, contributed to their winning the trophy. Members were Charles West, E. J. Kirkham, Enoch Brown, R. J. Evans, Hamilton Gardner, and Jensen.
(Top right)
Eugene L. Roberts organized many other hikes in addition to the Timpanogos hike, including the "autumn leaf hike," winter hikes, and summer hikes, such as this one along the Provo River in 1912. The ladies wore bloomers, big straw hats, and high button shoes, while some of the gentlemen dressed up in suits and ties and sailor straw hats.
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Since football was banned in all Church schools from 1900 to 1919, emphasis was placed on basketball, track, and baseball. This was BYU's champion basketball team in 1905. Notice that at this time basketball players still wore quilted football pants and sneakers. Some early editor wrote the surname identifications of each man directly on the photograph. They are, back row: Evans, Greenwood, Rose, Thurman, Watkins (later U.S. Senator), and Coach Teetzel; front row: Chamberlain, Alder, and Anderson.
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Still wearing the ribbons they had won earlier, these 1908 BYU track team members and student friends were photographed as they prepared to leave for home after a contest in Logan. Coach T. Clayton Teetzel, wearing a straw hat, is at right on the front row.
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(Top left)
Coach Clayton Teetzel (top right) and business manager J. T. Reese (top left) with the 1908 track team. Top center: Archie Brockbank; center row: L. T.
Epperson, Jesse Crosby, Hugh Holda- way, H. J. Peterson, Irvin Jacobs, Elmer King, Clarence Jones, Homer Christen- sen; front row: M. C. Riddle, Allred, Johnson, Hansen, Hirum Henline, Sam Baird, William Love.
( Top right)
High School and College were separate departments in the Brimhall adminis- tration, and each conducted its own athletic program. This was the Brigham Young High School baseball team of 1909. Members were, top row: George Brooks, John Hunter, Aldous Dixon, Wyman Berg; middle row: Bert Rich- ards, George Foster, Hugh Baxter; bottom row: Lloyd E. Woods, Lynn
Baxter, and Orrin Wilson.
( Center )
Members of the 1908 baseball team were, first row: Amos Epperson and Tom Shelley; second row: Albert
Choules, Coach Clayton Teetzel, and Ferg Johnson; third row: Milton Miller, Othello Bowman, Wallace Whitecotton, Hugh Baxter, and Lawrence T. Epper- son.
(Bottom)
Coach Eugene L. Roberts (second from left, top) posed with his 1915 baseball team at the old grandstand, about where the Joseph Smith Memorial Building is now located.
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(Top left)
During the second decade of the twen- tieth century, BYU produced under the coaching of Eugene L. Roberts (center) two high jumpers of world fame — Alma Richards, left, gold medal winner in the 1912 Olympics, and Clinton Larson, right, world record holder. These super athletes won in many other events also. Photo courtesy Dr. Clinton F. Larson.
Richards, born in 1890 in Parowan, Utah, cleared the bar at 6 ft. 4 in. at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm and re- ceived the gold medal from King Gustavus V. The versatile athlete then won the shot put at the French Games at Rheims, the high jump and shot put in the French Sports Clubs Games at Paris, the Penn Relays high jump (1913), the high jump and broad jump at the International Collegiate Games in Chi- cago (1913), the decathlon at the Na- tional AAU Championships at Chicago (1913), and scores of other honors.
He was commissioned a lieutenant in World War I, and in the American Ex- peditionary Forces Championships in Paris in 1919 he won the high jump and the standing broad jump; he won second in the triple jump and third in the broad jump.
He studied at Cornell and at the Uni- versity of Southern California and was admitted to the bar, but he taught high school for thirty-one years. He was elected to the Helms Hall of Fame and was named Utah athlete of the century, 1850-1950. He died in 1963 at Long Beach.
Larson, born in 1892 in St. George, Utah, won the Utah Collegiate State Meet and the Far West Meet in San Diego in 1916; and in 1917 he jumped 6 ft. 6 in. at BYU, unofficially. He broke the world collegiate record at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia at 6 ft. 5 3/8 in. The victory called for a pa- rade in Provo, a celebration, and a dinner sponsored by the Commercial Club at the Roberts Hotel.
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In 1918 Larson won the high jump in the U.S. Championships in Madison Square Garden, New York. He won the high jump, the running broad jump, the low hurdles, the high hurdles, and the pole vault and placed second in the 100-yard dash in Texas. That year he entered the U.S. Army Air Corps and was commissioned first lieutenant and made the athletic instructor of Squadron 39. In 1919 he took first place in the high jump (6 ft. 4 in.) in the Inter-Allied Games in Pershing Stadium, Paris, the same year Richards was winning medals in the U.S. Expeditionary Force Cham- pionships. Also at BYU that year he won first place in eight events at a collegiate meet.
In 1920 Larson jumped 6 ft. 8 in., setting a new world record, which he broke in 1924 with a leap of 6 ft. 9V2 in. (The world record in 1974 was 7 ft. 6V4 in.)
Larson taught high school for many years and was a prominent AAU and Olympic official. He died in Salt Lake City in 1952 and was named to the Utah Hall of Fame on November 20, 1974.
(Top center)
Alma Richards in U.S. Olympic team track suit at Stockholm stadium.
(Top right)
Alma Richards sails over the bar at the old BYU grandstand. Notice his style: upright, with his legs tucked under him, and wearing his cap.
(Bottom)
Alma Richards as an Army lieutenant.
(Top)
Richards receives medals from General John J. Pershing in Paris for his vic- tories in the American Expeditionary Forces Championships.
(Center left)
Richards rode in the first car of a tri- umphal parade after his return from his victories in the Stockholm Olympics and French games in 1912. That night a dinner in his honor was held in the Roberts Hotel, with LDS Church, state, and Brigham Young University digni- taries attending.
(Center right)
Clinton Larson as a first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps in World War I, instructor in athletics of the 39th Squadron.
(Bottom)
This photo of Clinton Larson clearing the bar in the Inter-Allied Games in Paris in 1919 shows his style. He ap- proached the standard at high speed from an angle, kicked off with his left leg, scissors style, then leaned his body back parallel to the bar, and landed on his right hand and foot.
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(Top left )
The men of this gymnastics class of about 1910, taught by Eugene L. Roberts (back row, center), wore knee breeches of toreador style (some made of velvet), oxfords, and long stockings held in place by garters.
(Top right)
If they didn't want to risk breaking their bones, track and field athletes at the old grandstand field had to dig up and soften the earth where they landed behind high-jumping and pole- vaulting standards. Today jumpers fall into billows of soft foam rubber. Notice the old grandstand with the ticket office at the end. Courtesy of Homer Wakefield.
(Center)
This BYU basketball team was unde- feated during the entire season and won the state championship in 1912. Mem- bers were, front row, left to right: Henry Weight, Ernest Halverson, Vern Greenwood, Les Greenwood, Bowman; back row: director Eugene L. Roberts, Done, Eggertsen, and manager Fletcher.
(Bottom)
The BYU track and field team won the championship in 1913. Team members were, back row, left to right: Jones,
Winn, Duke, Pack, Weight, Moore, Jackman; middle row: Parkinson,
Barkdull, Freckleton, Brimhall, Adams; front row: Daniels, Hales, Jenkins,
Baird, Eyre, Jenkins. Wayne B. Hales (front row) was cross-country champion that year.
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(Top)
Then as now, basketball competition generated tremendous interest among students, faculty, and townspeople — although in 1917 they may have been slightly more demonstrative about it, as evidenced by this special basketball train that carried the fans to Salt Lake City for a game with the University of Utah. The railroad cars and even the engine were decorated with the block Y and blue and white banners.
(Center)
The legend on the back of this old photograph described this aggregation as "The Whirlwind Team of 1916-17, second only to the world champions." Members were, back row, left to right: Roberts, Cooper, Eggertsen, Hales, Wayne Hales, Hanchett; front row: Raile, Eggertsen, McDonald, Simmons, Parker. They won second place in the national AAU tournament in Chicago.
(Bottom)
These were the contestants in the an- nual Thanksgiving cross-country race in 1919. The winner was "Bunk" Brown, the man wearing the block Y.
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(Top left)
An advertisement of The Toggery, "The Young Men's Shop," in the 1911 Ban- yan graphically portrays attire of the well-dressed men and women of the day.
(Top right)
The excitement of the new aviation craze was reflected in this method of presenting the BYU College Club in the 1910-11 yearbook. Faces of all of the club members were cut out of photo- graphs and superimposed on this crude drawing of a primitive flying machine, seven years after the Wright Brothers made a similar one fly at Kitty Hawk. The picture was captioned: "College
Club Flying High."
(Bottom)
For fifty years a beautiful white gateway stood at the southeast entrance of the lower campus, a gift of the high school graduating class of 1912. Architect was J. E. Allen. The gateway was built of oolithic limestone from a quarry in Sanpete County, the same material used in construction of the Maeser Building and the Manti Temple. The stone was a gift of Peter C. Peterson, Jr., father of C. R. Peterson, BYU purchasing agent. It suffered from vandalism and deterio- ration, and in 1962 it had to be removed.
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(Top)
A BYU group on a beach outing at Utah Lake, the picture believed to have been taken by John C. Swensen in about 1912. Courtesy Dr. Albert D. Swensen.
(Center)
This was the College faculty of 1913, posing on the portico of the Maeser Memorial Building. In addition to this College faculty there were a High School faculty and a Normal School, faculty. While there were some dupli- cations, the three groups were presented separately in the 1913 yearbook, "BYUTAH," because at this time the combined faculties would have been too large for a single photograph. Members of the College faculty were, back row, left to right: E. L. Roberts, Charles R. Johnson, Christen Jensen, Andrew T. Rasmussen, John E. Hayes, Charles W. Whitaker; second row: Harvey Fletcher, William F. Ward, May Ward Hunt, William H. Chamberlain, Anna Evert Terry, Charles E. Maw, Albert E. Huish; seated: Viola Schumaker, James L.
Brown, E. H. Eastmond, Claire W. Reid, Edwin S. Hinckley (counselor in the presidency), John C. Swensen, George H. Brimhall (president), Amos N. Merrill (later a counselor), Joseph B. Keeler (counselor in the presidency), Vilate Elliot, Alice Louise Reynolds, Ida Smoot Dusenberry, and A. B. Christen- sen.
( Bottom )
At the suggestion of the White and Blue, a fountain was constructed on Lower Campus by the class of 1913. This photograph was taken at its dedication in 1913. Sometimes it was called the Aztec Fountain and sometimes the Beehive Fountain because both designs were on it. It was designed by Andrew Brimhall, a class member. The fountain had its problems and was not turned on often. As student activities moved to the upper campus, the fountain was used even less.
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(Top)
One of the few times the fountain was turned on.
(Center)
This very businesslike group was a commercial class of 1912. Those seated were, left to right: Lottie Gibson,
Lawrence Epperson, Arthur F. Crowther, unidentified, Melvin G. Paulson, Clar- ence Wood, Delilah Booth; standing: the only person identified was Walter Anderson, second from left.
(Bottom)
A parade on University Avenue in Provo on Pioneer Day, July 24, 1912. The many white specks in the photograph are from slight deterioration of the old, original John C. Swensen negative. Courtesy Dr. Albert D. Swensen.
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(Top)
America's love affair with the auto- mobile extended to Brigham Young University campus, as evidenced by the Fifth North Street parking jam of these pre-1920 beauties.
(Center)
A corner of the library in the High School (Education) Building.
(Bottom)
The College students pulled against the High School students in a tug-of-war — with the canal as the dividing line — as a feature of the Founder's Day celebra- tion in 1913. Obviously, these High School students were losing but kept fighting although their footing was wet. Notice that, although it was a field day activity, almost everyone wore a hat and a suit.
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( Top left)
Although plays, debates, and lectures were held in College Hall, the old Opera House in downtown Provo (constructed in 1888 on First West between Center Street and First North) was the scene of many large-scale BYU productions, such as operas and major dramas, be- fore 1920. Later the seats were re- moved and the building was used for dances and boxing and wrestling matches. According to Professor J. Homer Wakefield, who took this photo- graph, it was the site of Jack Dempsey's boxing debut. In the 1920s it was con- verted to a National Guard armory, and it was razed in the 1950s. Some BYU dramas were also presented during the 1920s in the Columbia Theater on Center Street (now the Paramount). Courtesy Homer Wakefield.
(Top right)
This was the scene on Center Street as the BYU band passed Taylor's Depart- ment Store during the 1914 Founder's Day parade.
(Center)
This was the "Fools' Frolic" of 1920 in the Women's Gymnasium, reported as "a smiling success, biggest High School event of the year." Programs dangle from the wrists of several dancers. In those days partners for all dances were scheduled on the small cards, with the first and last dances usually reserved for one's date, a custom that went out of style in the 1960s.
(Bottom)
The floats in the 1914 Founder's Day parade were built on wagons pulled by the finest horses. This one, festooned with many flags, was titled "History and Government."
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Automobiles were also in the 1914 Founder's Day parade, and flowers covered everything and everybody.
(Center)
This 1916 art class was taught by Pro- fessor Elbert H. Eastmond, right.
(Bottom)
This was a typical scene in the Training School, operated not only for the edu- cation of children but also for the train- ing of teachers by the University as the official Church Teachers College.
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At a reunion of the Class of 1891 on Founder's Day in 1916 the participants wore colored paper hats and sashes, for identification as well as for fun. Presi- dent of the class was Elder Richard R. Lyman, apostle (center front).
(Center)
This was the view from University Hill, looking toward Lower Campus before 1918. The smoke, which appears to be coming from the University buildings, was really from the smokestack of the Knight Woolen Mills in downtown Provo. The smokestack was still stand- ing in 1975, although the Woolen Mills burned down in 1918. Notice the scattered homes and sheds in this part of the city.
(Bottom)
The Provo Woolen Mills, completed in 1873 and enlarged at various times, were later reincorporated under the ownership of Jesse Knight. The mills were at the peak of their success and productivity when a disastrous fire in July, 1918, wiped out the buildings at a loss of more than $500,000. The woolen mills never fully recovered.
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In 1917, while war raged in Europe, President Brimhall proposed the es- tablishment of a military course on BYU campus in conjunction with the physical education classes. The sug- gestion was approved by President Joseph F. Smith, and with the influence of Senator Reed Smoot, accepted by the U.S. Army, making BYU campus an official camp of the Student Army Training Corps. Although the quality of the accompanying photograph is poor, it shows the SATC soldiers stand- ing at "port arms" on the steps of the Maeser Building in 1918. An examina- tion of the picture discloses that only the men on the first row are in full uniform. The soldiers were paid stan- dard enlistment pay of thirty dollars a month while attending school. The Maeser Building became a barracks, and women collected 300 mattresses and 900 quilts for the troops. Ernest L. Wilkinson was quartered here in the
same room where he presided as presi- dent of the University thirty-three years later.
(Bottom)
In August, 1918, these forty BYU faculty members and students were training at the Presidio in San Francisco. When war was declared in April, 1917, stu- dents petitioned the administration to let school out early so that they could join the Army (commencement was in early June). A total of 469 joined, of whom sixteen were killed in action. Ac- cording to J. M. Jensen's history of Provo, "Food Will Win the War" be- came the slogan, and many students did not return to school in the fall until all of the crops were in. Women faculty members and students took up knitting and sewing for the troops and the Belgian children and completed large numbers of sweaters, socks, shawls, scarfs, dresses, and jackets. "The Knitting Song," words and music by
Professor C. W. Reid, became popular among the women.
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During World War I students lent a hand to the Third Liberty Loan cam- paign to raise funds for support of the U.S. war effort. These mechanical arts students prepared posters reading: "Thank God We Are Americans," "Now is the Time to Fight, Make Your Dollars Win," "We Don't Want to be Ruled by the Kaiser; We Are Ameri- cans," "Training School 100% in Liberty Loan," "3rd Liberty Loan Mass Meeting Tabernacle Tonight," and "Make the World a Better Place to Live." The school collected over $7,000. Courtesy of Lynn Wakefield.
Enthusiasm for the war movement ran high at BYU, and President Brim- hall held a number of patriotic assem- blies. The June, 1917, commencement (war had been declared in April) took on the air of a patriotic assembly, for which President Brimhall wrote a special song, set to music by Professor C. W. Reid:
Old Glory wave on, o'er the land of the free,
The home of the fair and the brave ;
The land of oppression from mountain to sea
Finds only a place for a grave.
The hands of a nation grasp firmly thy staff,
In triumph they bear thee along ;
We join in a chorus, like millions before us, Still pledging our banner in song.
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Although the quality of this photograph is poor, it is nevertheless presented here because of its important historical sig- nificance. This was an assembly in College Hall at which all of the students wore hygienic masks as a precaution against the virulent World War I in- fluenza, which broke out in a massive epidemic in 1918. The school was forced to close for three months (Octo- ber through December). Hundreds died in Utah County, and some families were entirely wiped out. The disease also hit the two companies of soldiers in the BYU Student Army Training Corps on campus, but none of the soldiers died. Women of the community baked and
cooked for the student soldiers and nursed them back to health.
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To provide for the heavy vocational emphasis in the Student Army Training Corps course, the University, with $43,000 provided by the Church, con- structed the Mechanic Arts Building. The ground breaking was held on October 8, 1918. The boundaries of
the building were outlined with a plow in the hands of Joseph B. Keeler, coun- selor in the University presidency, and pulled by representative students of each class. The war ended November 11, 1918, but the building was com- pleted for university training in auto mechanics, blacksmithing, and wood- work. Two floors were added in 1935, and the name of the building was changed to the George H. Brimhall Building.
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This auto mechanics class was held in the Mechanic Arts Building, constructed in 1918. Blacksmithing and wood- working were also taught in the building.
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Athletes in the 1919 Invitational Track and Field Meet leap over wooden hur- dles as they race around the old grand- stand track near the Mechanic Arts Building, which was then under con- struction.
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Bloomered girls race for the finish line in a 1920 Girls' Day competition at the old grandstand, which was located about where the Joseph Smith Memorial Building now stands. The Maeser Building is in the background.
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In this dedicatory page of the 1918 Banyan, America weeps for her lost sons in the great conflict of World War I, as the famous lines by Rudyard Kip- ling are presented for the attention of the students: "Lest we forget — lest
we forget." The war continued for more than five months after this edition appeared.
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This plaque honoring the University's World War I dead is mounted in the Memorial Hall of the Wilkinson Center.
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Maturity and Recognition
1921-1945
Dr. Franklin S. Harris as he appeared in the early years of his administration.
Franklin Stewart Harris, fifth president of Brigham Young University, was born in Benjamin, Utah, on August 29, 1884, second son of Dennison Emer and Eunice Stewart Harris. His father was superintendent of schools in Nebo District of Utah County and later taught in Mexico.
Franklin was reared in Mexico, where he attended elementary schools and Juarez Academy, and he came to BYU for one year before returning in 1904 as a teacher of science in the Juarez Acad- emy. At BYU the next year, he served as an assistant to Dr. John A. Widtsoe, head of the Department of Agriculture. He received his bachelor's degree in 1907. At BYU he met Estella Spilsbury, a pretty coed from Tocquerville, Utah.
They married in 1908 and became the parents of two sons and four daughters.
Encouraged by Dr. Widtsoe, Franklin and Estella journeyed in 1908 to Cornell University, where he pursued his doc- torate in soil science, plant physiology, and chemistry. On graduating in 1911 he was appointed to a professorship at Utah State Agricultural College and later served there as director of the School of Agricultural Engineering and director of the Experiment Station.
On April 22, 1921 (at age 36) Dr. Harris was appointed president of Brigham Young University to succeed George H. Brimhall. He was the first president of the institution to have a Ph.D., and the time had arrived for a man of his professional attainments and vision. The institution had taken on the name of "University” in 1903; it awarded B.A. degrees in 1906 and master's degrees in 1916, yet by 1920 had a college enrollment of only 438, and its degrees were not accredited.
In his inaugural address, the dynamic Dr. Harris expressed his intention to make BYU "The Great Church Univer- sity," and he soon brought about vast changes in fulfillment of this dream. By his enthusiastic and dedicated leader- ship he inspired the faculty and stu- dents, and during his administration of twenty-four years (longer than any other president), the student body in- creased from 438 to over 4,000. He transformed the institution from a small, church-sponsored school into a university of national accreditation and reputation.
Academic offerings, standards of scholarship, and stature of the faculty of 150 also rose remarkably during his administration. The administrative council decided that the Brigham Young High School should no longer be a func- tioning part of the University, except as a secondary training school under the College of Education. There had been a continual flow between the high school and the college, but this was stopped as a clean separation was made and high school students were restricted from college work. In view of the change, the
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"High School Building" became the "Education Building." Also BYU ac- cepted only students in good standing from accredited schools and increased requirements for both entrance and graduation.
In line with the organization of other universities. Dr. Harris abandoned the old presidency and the School of Edu- cation and School of Arts and Sciences in favor of the regular colleges and divisions employed by leading institu- tions. Early in the Harris administra- tion the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Commerce and Business Administra- tion, Education, Applied Science, and Fine Arts were organized; also the Divi- sion of Religion, the Graduate School, the Extension Division, and the Research Division. The five colleges encom- passed thirty-four departments. In- augurated also were the Rocky Moun- tain Speech and Drama Festival, the Heber J. Grant Oratorical Contest, Leadership (Education) Week, academic costume at commencement (1922), the Alpine Summer School, the Intermoun- tain Commercial Contest, and the High School Journalism Conference.
President Harris put on an intensive campaign for national recognition and accreditation, and the University suc- ceeded in becoming accredited by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools (1922), the Ameri- can Council on Education (1923), the National Association of Colleges and Universities (1924), the Association of American Colleges (1926), and the Association of American Universities (1928).
Dr. Harris knew that a great univer- sity must have at its heart a great li- brary; the first building constructed during his administration was the Heber J. Grant Library (1925). Also built dur- ing his presidency were the president's home on campus (1928), the stadium (1928), the Brimhall Building (1935), the Stadium House (1936), Allen Hall (1938) and Amanda Knight Hall (1939), and the Joseph Smith Memorial Build- ing (1941).
Sometimes faculty members com-
plained that President Harris spent too much for acquisition of land, books for the library, and valuable paintings, but the future expansion of the school bore out his wisdom. The library had only 17,000 volumes when he arrived, but 138,750 when he resigned in 1945. He also expanded the campus to 140 acres, and the Art Department had 700 valu- able paintings in its galleries.
President Harris arranged a rich offering of concerts, recitals, plays and operas, and exhibits, in addition to ac- quiring hundreds of important paintings and art objects. The distinguished posi- tion enjoyed by the University as a fine arts center is largely due to his support. The reputation of the University for a great lyceum course of the world's finest musical artists is a product of the per- sonal encouragement and support given by President Harris to John C. Swensen and Herald R. Clark as lyceum chairmen.
There was much discussion in the Church during the late 1920s and early 1930s about getting out of competition with state schools and closing the entire Church School System in favor of in- stitutes and seminaries. Indeed, the Church did close twelve academies be- tween 1921 and 1924 and by 1933 had turned over Dixie, Snow, and Weber Colleges to the state of Utah. Regardless of this trend, strong friends of BYU in high Church positions, par- ticularly Elder David O. McKay, in- sisted on making BYU the central school in the system to be developed as a com- plete university.
During the Great Depression of the entire decade of the 1930s, BYU oper- ated under tremendous difficulties as faculty members took a 22 Vi percent cut in salary and students barely sub- sisted by "batching." The buildings and facilities were neglected because the Church was in financial difficulty. Nevertheless, enrollment gained during the period as students preferred to be educated rather than unemployed, and the faculty remained amazingly loyal. In fact, enrollment reached 2,000 in 1935, while most other schools experi- enced declines. Many students were
able to continue through the aid of federal agencies, such as the National Youth Administration. Notwithstand- ing these stringencies. President Harris insisted on maintaining national aca- demic standing, and BYU emerged from the crisis more mature and on a solid footing.
A major organizational change came in 1939, when the Board of Trustees, which had been made up of local mem- bers, was changed to a board of General Authorities.
At the suggestion of the General Authorities, President Harris ran for the U.S. Senate in 1938 but lost the elec- tion to the incumbent, Elbert D. Thomas.
In 1926 President Harris attended the Pan-Pacific Science Congress in Japan. In 1929 he acted as chairman, with Kiefer Sauls as secretary, of a commis- sion sent to Siberia by the Jewish people of America to investigate a colonization plan in the Amur Valley. He later (1935) was chairman of the agricultural section of the Pan-American Scientific Congress in Mexico City, agricultural adviser from the United States to Iran (1939), chairman of a mission to the Middle East to determine agricultural needs, and chairman of a United Na- tions mission to Greece to study long- term agricultural needs (1946). These foreign assignments brought consider- able national and international attention to BYU and served to gain respect for both Dr. Harris and the University.
Dr. Harris was author of six books and over six hundred scientific papers and articles, a member of fifteen promi- nent professional societies, and presi- dent of five of them.
In 1945 he accepted an appointment as president of Utah State Agricultural College, serving five years. He died on April 18, 1960. On April 3, 1965, the Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center was named in his honor.
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President Franklin S. Harris in the later years of his administration.
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At the head of the procession at the inauguration of Dr. Franklin S. Harris as president of Brigham Young Univer- sity on October 17, 1921, were, from left to right: Elders John A. Widtsoe and Rudger Clawson, T. N. Taylor of the Board of Trustees (barely visible). Elder Richard R. Lyman, Guy C. Wilson (back), and Dr. Harris. The procession moved from the Education Building to the Tabernacle, a distance of six blocks.
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Inauguration ceremonies for President Franklin S. Harris were held in the Provo Tabernacle. Many General Au- thorities of the Church were on the stand as well as the outgoing president, George H. Brimhall. On the left was a pennant from Cornell, where Dr. Harris had received the Ph.D. degree, and on the right a Y pennant. He was the first BYU president ever to enter office with a Ph.D. degree, and in his inaugu- ral address expressed his intention of making BYU "The Great Church University."
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This photograph was taken at a recep- tion for President and Mrs. Franklin S. Harris at the home of President George H. Brimhall soon after Dr. Harris's in- auguration as University president. President Harris maintained an "open door" policy and was accessible to stu- dents as well as faculty.
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President Franklin S. Harris (at top of stairs) shakes hands with William H. Snell of Industrial Education at his reception at the home of President George H. Brimhall. Mrs. Harris is at his right.
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Edward H. Holt, secretary to the faculty, served as acting president of BYU in 1929, while President Harris was still in Russia. Mr. Holt was also a professor of office practice from 1892 to 1938.
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Kiefer B. Sauls was secretary of the dele- gation to Russia of which President Franklin S. Harris was chairman in 1929. Mr. Sauls served as treasurer of the University for fifty years, retiring in 1971. A conference room in the Abra- ham O. Smoot Administration Building was named in his honor.
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Dr. L. John Nuttall was dean of the College of Education from 1926 to 1930 and served as acting president of the University (1926-27) while President Franklin S. Harris was on an agricul- tural mission to the Orient. Amos N. Merrill, who had been a counselor to President Brimhall, was dean of the College of Education from 1930 to 1945.
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Dr. Christen Jensen, left, a specialist in history and government, served as act- ing president while President Franklin S. Harris, right, was on an agricultural advisory mission to Iran from 1939 to 1940. Dr. Jensen was dean of the Col- lege of Applied Science, 1924-29, then dean of the Graduate School for twenty years. He also served as acting presi- dent of the University from 1949 to 1950 between the administrations of Presidents Howard S. McDonald and Ernest L. Wilkinson. The council room on the top floor of the Smoot Adminis- tration Building was named in honor of Dr. Jensen.
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From 1921, at the organization of the College of Education, until 1925, sociologist John C. Swensen served as acting dean. He previously had been dean of the College Division, 1904-10, and was the school's first coach. Swen- sen, who lived from 1869 to 1953, joined the faculty in 1898 and was chairman of the Sociology Department for thirty years. He was associated in the Lyceum program (concert and artist series) with Herald R. Clark for many years. A room in the Smith Family Living Center and a building in the Wymount Terrace residence complex were named in his honor.
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Dr. Martin P. Henderson was the first dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
(1921). This area included biological and physical sciences, humanities, lan- guages, and social sciences.
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Dr. Carl F. Eyring succeeded Dr. Hen- derson as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1924 and served until his death in 1951. The Carl F. Eyring Physical Sciences Center is named in his honor. A noted acoustical physicist, he made important discoveries about the characteristics of sound in the ocean and in the jungle, and worked with the motion picture sound stage.
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Dr. Harrison Val Hoyt was the first dean of the College of Commerce from 1921 to 1931.
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Dean of the College of Commerce (later the College of Business) from 1934 to 1951 was Herald R. Clark, who had been a student at BYU and who joined the faculty in 1913 as instructor in ac- counting. He was nationally known as the chairman of the Lyceum concerts committee from 1913 to his death in 1966. He brought the world's finest artists and musical organizations to Provo. He was also collector of a vast number of valuable art objects for BYU. The Herald R. Clark Building, built largely from profits of the Bookstore because of his genius, was named in his honor.
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After a brief term by Amy L. Merrill as first dean of women, Henriette (Nettie)
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Neff Smart took over that position in 1925 and served until her death in 1945. Previously she had been an instructor in the Training School.
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Dr. Gerrit de Jong, Jr., linguist, author, musician, and composer, was first dean of the College of Fine Arts and served in that position until 1959. The concert hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center was named in his honor. He was first di- rector of the Centro Cultural Brasil- Estados Unidos in Santos, Brazil. He was a member of the Church Music Committee for thirty-three years and served on the Sunday School General Board for thirty-four years. He wrote a monumental book on Portuguese litera- ture. In 1974 he was still active in the Spanish and Portuguese department.
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Dr. Thomas L. Martin, dean of the College of Applied Science (1937-45) and nationally noted agronomist, is shown with his agronomy class in the Brimhall Building in the 1930s. The Thomas L. Martin Building in the Life Sciences Center was named in his honor in 1970. He joined the faculty in 1921 and served a total of thirty-seven years.
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A. Rex Johnson was the first secretary of the BYU Alumni Association. He graduated in 1924 (as student body president), then taught at BYU, obtain- ing a Ph.D. in business at George Washington University. He served twelve years as part-time alumni sec- retary. He was succeeded by C. R. Peterson, 1938-42; Ralph Britsch, 1942-
45; Frank Haymore, 1945-46; Harold Glen Clark, 1947-51 ; W. Cleon Skousen, 1952-54; Raymond E. Beckham (who was appointed the first full-time execu- tive director of alumni relations in 1954); and Ronald G. Hyde, 1966 to the present.
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Members of the Board of Trustees and University officials at a commencement in the 1920s: Royal Murdock, left;
Lafayette Holbrook, President Franklin S. Harris, Joseph A. Reese, Susa Y. Gates, former President George H. Brimhall, Zina Y. Card, Elder Joseph Fielding Smith (apostle of the LDS Church), President Heber J. Grant, and Elders James E. Talmage, John A. Widtsoe, and Stephen L Richards, apostles.
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The faculty quartet, which performed on many occasions, included in 1923: Thomas L. Martin, left; T. Earl Pardoe, Franklin Madsen, and Carl Christensen.
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Home economics students and faculty in the 1920s paused for this photograph in the Arts Building during their annual dinner, which was a part of their final instruction. Faculty members are, standing: Vilate Elliot (white hair, left), Effie Warnick (center, glasses), and lone Palfreyman (far right).
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President Harris with the College of Arts and Sciences faculty in 1928. Front row: Hilda Knudsen, Christen
Jensen, President Harris, former Presi- dent George H. Brimhall; back row: Laval S. Morris, Maud Tuckfield, lone Palfreyman, Anna Page, Bent F. Larsen, Vilate Elliot, Effie Warnick, Thomas L. Martin, Clawson Y. Cannon.
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The Fine Arts faculty of the 1920s, pos- ing on the steps of the Karl G. Maeser Memorial Building, included left to right, front row: J. McAllister, Anna Huish Heaton, Bessie E. Gourley, Dean Gerrit de Jong, Jr.; on first and second steps: Elbert Eastmond, Lucille Tuttle,
President Franklin S. Harris, T. Earl Pardoe, Florence Jepperson Madsen, Elmer Nelson, Ralph Booth; back row: William F. Hanson, Hannah Packard, Franklin Madsen, George Fitzroy, B. F. Cummings, Edgar M. Jensen, B. F. Larsen, LeRoy Robertson, Robert Sauer, and Gustav Buggert.
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An effective husband-wife team that served the BYU Music Department for nearly half a century was formed by Dr. Hans Franklin Madsen and Dr. Florence Jepperson Madsen, who were married in 1922 when both were members of the BYU music faculty. In recognition of their service, the University named the Madsen Recital Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center in their honor on Novem- ber 23, 1965. The Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Award was conferred upon them in commencement exercises in May, 1971. Franklin received the Dis- tinguished Service Award of the BYU Alumni Association, and Florence re- ceived the David O. McKay Humanities Award.
A concert contralto, Florence sang extensively in the East and West, and taught at BYU at various times from 1905 to 1920, when she was appointed head of the BYU Music Department. She served in that capacity from 1920 to 1930. Franklin had taught in high schools and was supervisor of music in Nebo and Jordan School Districts be- fore joining the BYU faculty in 1919. Together they tutored and conducted students of BYU in the production of various operas, concerts, and oratorios throughout the administrations of three presidents. Franklin was considered a national authority on Handel's "The Messiah."
In 1941 Florence was appointed to the Relief Society General Board and was put in charge of the activities of all the Singing Mothers organizations. In 1961 she was called by the First Presi- dency of the Church to train and con- duct an international chorus of 250 sing- ing mothers in Great Britain. After the International Singing Mothers sang for the dedication of the new Hyde Park chapel in London, she conducted them in concerts throughout Great Britain. In all, she wrote over 100 compositions.
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Dr. H. Franklin Madsen (with baton) and Dr. Gerrit de Jong, Jr., first dean of the College of Fine Arts (center), pose with part of a large mixed chorus in about 1928. Only half of the chorus appears in the photograph because of space limitations. The girls wore the fringed and unshaped dresses typical of the 1920s, along with marcelled hair and spitcurls.
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From 1905 to 1920 Florence Jepperson Madsen was a concert artist of some renown, appearing in Boston, New York, and other eastern cities, and in many concerts also in western states. This was one of the posters advertising one of her appearances in Utah. This photograph of her also appeared on the literature of her Boston management.
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This group of BYU Faculty women, photographed in 1928, included, front row, left to right: Stella P. Rich, Elsie C. Carroll, Alice Louise Reynolds, Nettie N. Smart, Ida Smoot Dusenberry; second row: Betha Roberts, Anna
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President Franklin S. Harris and T. N. Taylor, the latter a member of the Board of Trustees, take time out for a round of golf. They were nattily attired in knickers and loud golf socks.
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Dr. Parley A. Christensen, English pro- fessor, was a master teacher at BYU from 1927 to 1964, a total of 37 years, serving in that time for twenty-five years as chairman of the English De- partment and for twenty years as chair- man of the Athletic Council.
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Three stalwarts in the BYU libraries were Anna Ollorton, seated, who joined the staff as assistant librarian in 1919 and served as librarian from 1931 to 1948; Newbern I. Butt, researcher and assistant professor, on the library staff from 1922 to 1968; and Naoma Rich, who joined the staff in 1937 and was librarian from 1953 to 1957 and coor- dinator of technical services from 1959 to 1961.
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This was the Brigham Young Univer- sity campus in 1929. On Temple Hill were the Maeser Memorial Building (foreground); the Heber J. Grant Li- brary (right), which was dedicated in 1925; the Mechanic Arts Building, a one-story structure to which two stories were added in 1935 to become the Brim- hall Building; and the president's home, which was remodeled in 1928. Only three of the five seating sections had been completed in the new hillside stadium. At top right was Raymond Grove, and beyond that farms operated by the school.
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The first footpath up the hill to the Maeser Building consisted of wooden steps and boardwalks. In the early 1920s, when a grass fire destroyed the walk, President Harris authorized con- struction of concrete walks and steps. The project was completed in 1924.
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Access to the upper campus was along the south slope of Temple Hill from Eighth North and Second East. On "Y" Day in 1926 the students improved the dirt road with gravel and constructed concrete retaining walls. It was not until 1931, when the office of the presi- dent and other administrative offices moved from the Education Building to the Maeser Building that this road was oiled.
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This home (foreground), as seen from the top of the Maeser Building before 1928, was remodeled to become the president's home. Beyond it at the top of the hill were a house and barns used by Otis L. Terry between 1918 and 1923 before the stadium was built on the hill- side. This house was built in 1909 for Dr. Martin P. Henderson, dean of Arts and Sciences, and sold to BYU in 1923 by Henderson's family after his death.
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The president's home looked like this during remodeling in 1928. William H. Snell was in charge of construction.
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President Harris and his family were the first to live in the president's home after it was remodeled. All presidents of the University since that time have lived here, and each one has made his own renovations.
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The west side of Temple Hill was chosen for a football field and stadium site when President Harris arrived on cam- pus in 1921, and he and Herald R. Clark were instrumental in planning the stadium. The land was once the lower part of Manavu Townsite, a fund- raising development which was aban- doned by the University. With students and faculty donating much of the labor, the field was leveled and the east Union Canal diverted into a syphon under the field. Teams of horses were donated by the Wasatch Grading Company, cinders for the track by Columbia Steel Cor- poration, and hauling by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. Profits of the bookstore were applied to the cost, and seats were sold to help pay expenses. In this photo concrete is be- ing poured for the seats. The stadium was completed in 1928.
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This photograph shows the method used in grading the hillside for the stadium.
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This was the scene at a football game in the old hillside stadium in the 1950s. The stadium was first used September 29, 1928 (the year Ott Romney became head coach), for the football game be- tween the BYU Cougars and the College of Idaho Coyotes in the old Rocky Mountain Conference. BYU won the game 9 — 6. However, the dedication of the stadium on October 27, 1928, was marred when BYU lost the dedica- tion game to the Utah State Aggies, 10 — 0.
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Commencement exercises were held in the Cougar Stadium a couple of times, but since officials disliked the location, the services were continued in other buildings.
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The old stadium was used by the LDS Explorer Scouts as an ideal location for their official photograph in which they spelled out "LDS Explorer" in living letters. Several of these conferences were held on campus during the 1960s.
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The old hillside stadium, the scene of hundreds of football games, track meets, posture parades, commencements, dramatic productions, public meetings, rallies, and numerous other events for thirty-five years, was condemned and demolished during the summer of 1972. Abandoned after the 1963 season be- cause of the construction of the new all-steel stadium and the construction in 1965 of the Richards Building in the area, the old wood and reinforced con- crete bleachers deteriorated and became weed infested. They were declared too dangerous to use and too expensive to restore as an ampitheater. Landscaping now marks the site of those exciting events.
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The Semi-Centennial of Brigham Young University was observed by three days of activities: October 15, 16, and 17, 1925. A major event on the second day was an academic procession to the Provo Tabernacle in which representa- tives of thirty-eight universities and six educational societies participated. At the Tabernacle the main address was delivered by Dr. Herbert Eugene Bolton, curator of the Bancroft Library and head of the History Department at the Uni- versity of California, who spoke on "Brigham Young as an Empire Builder, or The Mormons in the Development of the Great West." The Banyan reported that he held the "vast audience almost spellbound for two hours." In his re- marks which followed. President Heber J. Grant said he could have listened much longer. The first day's events included a meeting in College Hall (at which former President George H. Brimhall, Superintendent Adam S. Bennion, and Colonel Willard Young, son of Brigham Young, were speakers) and an evening alumni dinner, ad- dressed by David J. Wilson. A poem, "Semi-centennial Prayer," by Annie Pike Greenwood, was read by Alice Louise Reynolds.
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The final day of the Semi-Centennial celebration included a football game with Colorado College (at Colorado Springs), which BYU won 7 — 6, and a parade downtown. The parade started at the Education Building, proceeded south on University Avenue, then west to Third West, the site of the old Lewis Building, where Lars E. Eggertsen gave a talk. It then countermarched to Uni- versity Avenue and south to the old ZCMI warehouse, where school once was held and where Edwin S. Hinckley gave a talk. The parade then moved north on University Avenue and east on Eighth North to the Maeser Building. The day concluded with a dance in the Women's Gymnasium.
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This was the scene as the Semi-Cen- tennial parade moved east on Eighth North toward the campus.
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When the Semi-Centennial parade reached the Maeser Memorial Building, the BYU Band under the direction of Professor Robert Sauer formed a circle on the lawn west of the building and gave an impromptu concert.
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Children of the Brigham Young Train- ing School who participated in the Semi-Centennial celebration. Courtesy of Church Archives, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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One of the parade floats in the Semi- Centennial celebration carried members of the original class of twenty-nine students of President Karl G. Maeser. Standing in front of the float are Presi- dent Franklin S. Harris and Elder John A. Widtsoe, apostle.
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The finale of the Semi-Centennial pa- rade at the Maeser Building.
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Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Heber J. Grant Library were held on Founder's Day, 1924, and the school was able to hold Semi-Centennial dedi- cation services the following year. Speaking at the ceremonies is T. N. Taylor of the Board of Trustees, right; second man unidentified; J. Will Knight, board member; Stephen L. Chipman, board member; former President George H. Brimhall; President Franklin S. Harris; Dean of Commerce Harrison Val Hoyt; and E. H. Holt, secretary of the faculty. The paper hats were worn for class identification.
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On the afternoon of October 16, 1925, the Heber J. Grant Library was dedi- cated as part of the three-day Semi- Centennial celebration. It was the first building in fifty years devoted entirely to a library. The services were held in the reading room of the new building, with President Heber J. Grant (center on the aisle) giving the dedicatory prayer. Other speakers were President Franklin S. Harris, President E. G. Peterson of the Utah State Agricultural College, Dr. John A. Widtsoe of the Church School Commission, Elder Richard R. Lyman, apostle. Dr. C. N. Jensen, superintendent of public instruc- tion, President T. N. Taylor of Utah Stake, and Mrs. Grant. Near President Grant are President Harris, former President George H. Brimhall, and Alice Louise Reynolds, who, with Librarian Annie L. Gillespie, was instrumental in obtaining the new building. The build- ing opened with 40,000 volumes on its shelves and contained 138,750 when President Harris resigned in 1945. It could seat 400 of the 1,350 students on campus at that time for a seating of 30 percent, a level never to be attained again.
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The hillside appeared rather barren soon after construction of the Heber J. Grant Library. Funds for the project were provided by the Church, including $125,000 for the building and $40,000 for books. Joseph Nelson was architect of the structure, which included 23,133 square feet of floor space (the Harold B. Lee Library has 205,000 square feet and is in the process of being doubled). The books from the old library in the Education Building were hauled to the Grant Library by horse and wagon. It was the intention of the administration to enlarge the building on the north side; consequently, a suitable north entrance was omitted. However, the anticipated expansion never material- ized, as rapid growth of the student body made expansion of that building impractical. Courtesy of Utah State Historical Society.
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Half of the upper floor of the Grant Library was occupied by a large study hall.
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More than a library, the study hall of the Heber J. Grant Library was some- times used for important banquets. For many years registration was also held here.
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The Heber J. Grant Building (the word "Library” was dropped) as it appeared in 1961 when it was converted from a library to a Life Sciences Museum and office building after construction of the Harold B. Lee Library.
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The Alpine summer school, located at Aspen Grove in a high valley behind Mount Timpanogos in the north fork of Provo Ganyon, was instituted by Presi- dent Harris soon after his arrival on campus. He knew of other universities that had similar high mountain retreats where classwork could be carried out and summer heat avoided. It would be difficult to find a more favorable spot in the world for natural grandeur and pleasant atmosphere. The land was donated through the generosity of the Stewart family, who owned consider- able land in the area for sheep grazing: the families of John R. Stewart, Scott P. Stewart, Joseph Nelson, Rose Young Stewart, and Melissa R. Stewart, all of Provo. BYU men involved in the sum- mer school were Hugh M. Woodward, first dean of the summer school; Claw- son Y. Cannon, later dean; and Herald R. Clark. The camp was discontinued during World War II. An attempt to revive it after the war was abandoned because of the vast influx of students. It was taken over by the BYU Alumni Association as the Aspen Grove Family Camp in 1963, and more land and improvements were added.
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Tents were first used for housing at the Alpine summer school, but as it grew in popularity, cabins were built for faculty and women students. A men's dormi- tory and a dining hall were also con- structed.
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Classes at the Alpine summer school were conducted in tents, and the par- ticipants wore mountain togs and high boots.
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Dr. Hugh M. Woodward (education) was first dean of the summer school.
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An early faculty at the Alpine summer school included, front row, left to right: Elder John A. Widtsoe, apostle, John C. Swensen, Lee Randolph, Nettie Smart (dean of women), Adam S. Bennion (later an apostle), Vasco M. Tanner, A. O. Garrett; second row: Guy C.
Wilson, Murray Hayes, P. A. Christen- sen, Lowry Nelson, and Walter P. Cottam.
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Half the thrill of the summer school camp was getting there over steep, narrow, unimproved roads in flivvers of the 1920s.
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Hap Hodson, chief cook at the Alpine campus, rang the always welcome dinner bell.
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These coeds, clad variously in mountain clothes and the fashionable flapper costume of the day, adorn the "belle" tower at the Alpine summer school camp. It was a decade when women won the right to vote, bobbed their hair, shortened their skirts, and applied plenty of makeup.
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The Alpine summer school was ideal for outdoor art classes. This one was taught by B. F. Larsen, far left.
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The Alpine campus was a good place also for musicians to practice without bothering their neighbors, as dis- covered by Mark K. Allen, later a faculty member, and Webster Tucker. Courtesy of Church Archives, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Student excursions to the Alpine cam- pus were as much fun as an old- fashioned hayride.
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Visiting faculty member T. S. Knaphus sculpts a bust of Dr. John A. Widtsoe during a class at Aspen Grove.
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One of the later faculties at the Alpine summer school (about 1938) included, seated, left to right: Q. Elmo Coffman, Karl Young, M. Lynn Bennion, Presi- dent Franklin S. Harris, Franklin L. West, Elsie C. Carroll, A. C. Lambert, Carma Ballif; standing: Edna Snow,
Elmer Miller, John E. Hayes, B. F. Lar- sen, Herald R. Clark, Kathryn B. Par- doe, Oliver R. Smith, Gerrit de Jong, Jr., John R. Halliday, Vasco M. Tanner, Harrison R. Merrill, John C. Swensen, Russel Swensen, and Wayne B. Hales.
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Life at the Alpine summer school was fun for everybody but the burro.
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A giant both in stature and contribu- tions was Harrison R. Merrill, who joined the BYU faculty in 1921. At various times he was a member of the English faculty, director of the Exten- sion Division, head of the Journalism Department, director of the News Bureau, and editor of The Improvement Era. He organized the Western League of Writers and Utah Sings, which con- tinued to be published in the state for several editions after his death in 1938. His sentiments for the Aspen Grove and Timpanogos scenes are expressed in his poem, "Let This Be Heaven":
Oh, God, let this be heaven —
I do not ask for golden streets,
Or long for jasper walls,
Nor do l sigh for pearly shores Where twilight never falls;
Just leave me here beside these peaks,
In this rough western land, l love this hard old world of thine —
Dear God, you understand.
Oh, God, let this be heaven —
/ do not crave white, stainless robes,
I'll keep these marked by toil ;
Instead of straight and narrow walks I love trails soft with soil ;
I have been healed by crystal streams, By these from snow-crowned peaks Where dawn burns incense to the day And paints the sky in streaks.
Dear God, let this be heaven —
/ do not ask for angel wings,
Just leave that old peak there And let me climb 'til comes the night —
I want no golden stair,
Then, when I say my last adieu And all farewells are given Just leave my spirit here somewhere Oh, God, let this be heaven.
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The Extension Division (later Continu- ing Education) was organized in 1921 with Lowry Nelson, formerly editor of the Utah Farmer and later a nationally distinguished sociologist, as the first director. As viewed by President Har-
ris, the Extension Division was designed to bring the benefits of education to those outside the classroom in the form of correspondence study, lectures and
entertainment, social services, and pub- lications. Lowry Nelson also served as dean of the College of Applied Science (1929-34).
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Lowry Nelson was succeeded as director of the Extension Division by Harrison R. Merrill, who died in 1938, when Carlton Culmsee took over as director, head of the Journalism Department, and director of public relations and publica- tions. In this photograph Dr. Culmsee, right center, is seen with his Extension Division staff in 1942.
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The long and short of faculty personnel in the 1930s were diminutive Dr. Thomas L. Martin, dean of the College of Applied Science, and oversized Har- rison R. Merrill, journalist, who suc- ceeded Lowry Nelson as director of the Extension Division. But both were big men on campus. A building was later named in honor of Dr. Martin and a
lecture room in the Harris Fine Arts Center in honor of Professor Merrill.
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The first Leadership Week (later Educa- tion Week) — a program designed to bring residents of the area back to campus to acquaint them with the Uni- versity and to give them brief, helpful courses for daily living and Church leadership — was held January 23 to 28 in 1922, under the direction of Lowry Nelson, Harrison R. Merrill, Eugene L. Roberts, William H. Boyle, H. H. Wood- ward, and Ethel Cutler. About 3,000 attended the first event. Activities in- cluded instruction in scouting, geneal- ogy, social relations, music, public speaking and drama, homemaking, missionary work, health, and teacher training. The Leadership Week in 1926 was especially exciting because it was carried for the first time on a remote broadcast by KSL — two full hours for ten dollars an hour. President Heber J. Grant spoke to a capacity au- dience in College Hall and to the wide- spread radio audience.
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Patrons at a Leadership Week in the 1930s thronged the hallways of the Education Building in search of their classes. A schedule for the 11:30 a.m. period was posted on the blackboard. Leadership (Education) Weeks were originally held in the winter so that rural residents could more easily attend. The event has been held annually, with the exception of a few years during World War II, to the present time. The name was changed by the Board of Trustees to Education Week in 1963. They decided that it should not dupli- cate the work of Church organizations but should operate on a broader scope of academic courses. By 1939 Educa- tion Weeks were drawing participation from ninety-five stakes and eight mis- sions and later were held in other lo- calities. In 1973 the program was placed under the sponsorship of the Division of Continuing Education in the Church Educational System, and in 1974 it reached 90,000 participants in about seventy localities.
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At an early Leadership (Education) Week in College Hall, Elder David O. McKay of the Council of the Twelve Apostles spoke in the general assembly. Seated on the stand were President Franklin S. Harris, left; Professor Harri- son R. Merrill, Extension Division and Journalism; Stephen L. Chipman, board member; Guy C. Wilson, director of the Division of Religion; and John C. Swen- sen, sociology and early dean of the College of Education.
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Leadership Week visitors in 1940 par- ticipated in making soil analyses in soil bacteriology laboratory.
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Headquarters for Education Week were changed from the Education Building to the Joseph Smith Building after the Smith Building was constructed in 1941, and to the Ernest L. Wilkinson Center after its construction in 1965.
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During the 1965 Education Week, an elephant train was used to transport patrons around campus, reminiscent of transportation at a world's fair.
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Representing various virtues and fields of knowledge, these 1920 senior stu- dents participated in a pageant at the Provo Tabernacle. Their names were not carried in the yearbook, but alumni of the time have identified them as, standing, left to right: Nora Anderson, Paul Mason, Jessie Ellsworth, William Harrison, Afton Hinckley, LeRoy Cox, Delilah Higgs, Lorin Jones, Fern Whit- ing, Lois Blake, Bert Sumsion; seated: Bachman, Billye Coleman, Nels Ander- son.
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Ernest L. Wilkinson, who became presi- dent of the University in 1951, was a formidable debater when he was a stu- dent at BYU in 1920-21, a time when debating was a major activity, attended by crowds and reported prominently. The report in the Banyan of a debate with Princeton University on December 22, 1920, sounds like the blow by blow description of a world championship sporting event:
"The debate was a real one and a thriller from beginning to end. It was only within the last few minutes that
the local boys began to draw away from their opponents. And that last rebuttal from Ballif which clinched the argument brought shouts of joy from the audience."
Team members were Wilkinson, H. G. Harter, and George S. Ballif. Dressed in the customary white ties for the oc- casion, they took the negative of the question: "Resolved: that the United States should pass a law prohibiting strikes in essential industries, constitu- tionality waived."
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Since students came from many sections of the West, it was natural for them to organize in geographic groups, such as the Uintah, Sanpete, Millard, and Idaho Clubs, and the Springvilliastas. This is
a photograph of the Spanish Fork Club in 1920. The girl in the center near the top is Alice Ludlow, who in 1923 mar- ried the star BYU debater, Ernest L. Wilkinson, later seventh president of the University.
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Student officers of the Board of Control in 1921 were Ernest L. Wilkinson, left, newspaper editor; Harold W. Brown; Karl V. King; Whitehead; Vesta Pierce (Crawford), secretary; Lavon Billings; George Ballif, president; Kenneth E. Weight; Grace Nixon (Stewart), vice- president; Merrill J. Clayson; Ross Bean; Fred L. Markham, Banyan editor; and Roscoe Davis. Courtesy of Fred L. Markham.
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The cougar was chosen as the mascot for the University on October 1, 1923, upon the suggestion of Coach Eugene L. Roberts, who had previously used the name to describe his athletes in news- paper articles. The cougar was looked upon most favorably because it is a native Utah animal, powerful and agile, wise and beautiful, lending itself to artistic illustration. In 1925 Dave Rust, an alumnus of BYU and a guide on the Colorado River, wired Roberts that a mother cougar and three kittens had been captured. Two of the kittens were brought to Provo and kept as mascots. They became the private pets of George K. (Georkee) Lewis (accompanying photograph) who did much to popular- ize the nickname by bringing the pets to campus. Courtesy of Dr. Mark K. Allen.
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The somewhat tame cougars, "Cleo" and "Tarbo," were well known on campus during 1925-26. Some panic resulted when they were released on the
floor during a dance in the Women's of the Women's Gymnasium across the Gymnasium. Courtesy of Dr. Mark K. street from the Education Building. Allen. University Avenue was not paved at the
time.
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Chairs of some of the BYU band mem- bers were located in the mud as Pro- fessor Robert Sauer sat at the head of the group for this photo in 1923 in front
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The cafeteria in the Arts Building in the 1920s listed this menu on the black-
board:
Roast pork 10c
Creamed dried beef 5c
Potato puff 5c
Scalloped cauliflower 5c
Buttered beets 5c
Salmon & lettuce salad 5c
Gelatin fruit salad 10c
Fig tapioca 5c
Lemon pie 10c
Milk 5c
Bread 1c
Butter lc
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The junior-senior Wild West party in the Women's Gymnasium in 1925, punctuated by much firing of blank cartridges, was so noisy the neighbors complained. Courtesy of Dr. Mark K. Allen.
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These vivacious BYU flapper-coeds of the 1920s were the official greeting committee at the Provo railroad station. At registration time they and other stu- dent groups welcomed the arriving BYU students, large numbers of whom traveled by train in those days. The practice started among Sanpete County students, but soon spread to other in- coming students. Notice the sign on the station: "Have a Drink. Cold, Pure & Fresh 'Provo Water' from Mountain Springs." Courtesy of Homer Wake- field.
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The dance drama "Aphrodite and Adonis" was produced near Provo River in 1923 by the women's physical educa- tion class under the direction of Algie Eggertson Ballif.
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Algie Eggertson Ballif, center, physical education teacher in the early 1920s, directs BYU girls in an interpretive dance. Courtesy of Homer Wakefield.
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Student excursions on the "Orem," interurban train to Salt Lake City, were occasions for happy excitement. Stu- dents often rode the electric train to attend ball games or sit in the "peanut gallery" at the old Salt Lake Theater.
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The "Orem" interurban train, which operated from 1914 to 1946, ran be- tween Provo and Salt Lake City. The station was at First West and Center streets, where the J. C. Penney store stands, and the track ran west on Center Street out of the city. Courtesy Provo Chamber of Commerce.
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Brigham Young University was the only college that Philo T. Farnsworth, the "father of television," ever attended. Born in Indian Creek, near Beaver, Utah, on August 19, 1906, Farnsworth died March 11, 1971 at age 64, forty- four years after transmitting the world's first television picture.
As a youth of fifteen at Rigby, Idaho, he described to his mathematics teacher his scheme for sending pictures through the air. The family moved to Provo in 1924, and he entered Brigham Young University, where he spent two and one-half years under such professors as
Dr. Carl F. Eyring and Dr. Milton Mar- shall. It was at BYU that he met his wife, Elma Gardner.
When his father died, Philo had to leave school. He took his bride to San Francisco, where he obtained financial backing to set up a laboratory of mira- cles. He obtained the first patent in 1927 for an electronic television system that included the Farnsworth dissector tube, one of the most important tele- vision inventions. His ideas were first demonstrated to newsmen in San Fran- cisco in 1928. As the basic camera and picture tubes did not exist, he had to invent and build them himself. In 1931 he went to Philadelphia to set up a re- search laboratory for the Philco Cor- poration, and in 1934 he obtained the first television broadcasting license ever issued — X3KE.
In the summer of 1935 the Farns- worth Television Company demon- strated live television for large crowds at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The company later became Capehart Farnsworth Electronics Company. In-
ternational Telephone and Telegraph acquired the concern in 1949, and Farnsworth served as president and technical director until 1967.
Television equipment today carries approximately one hundred of Farns- worth's patents. His early patents be- came public domain before the industry made commercial use of them, so he did not benefit financially from their royalties.
His fertile mind also contributed to the invention of radar, the electron microscope, infra-red night light sys- tems, to understanding astronomy, and to peaceful uses of nuclear energy. He also delved into research on cancer, infections, genetics, and endocrinology.
BYU conferred the Honorary Doctor of Science degree on him in 1968.
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During the 1920s devotionals were held three times a week in College Hall. General Authorities and former Presi- dent George H. Brimhall, as director of theology, were frequent speakers.
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The staff of the Y News struggles with an edition in the staff room in the Edu- cation Building in 1925. The Y News replaced the White and Blue in 1921.
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The first editor of the Y News was Alvin G. Hubbard. On September 2, 1973, as a successful Chicago attorney, he re- turned to campus for a visit and looked up the old newspaper. Here he displays the front page of the first issue, Septem- ber 21, 1921.
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More fun than study was in progress when this 1925 class on Lower Campus was photographed. Obviously the teacher was not present.
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Tension was high at the 1926 Utah High School Commercial Contest spon- sored by Brigham Young University in the Education Building. It expanded to an intermountain contest and continued until about 1950.
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These southern belles graced the junior prom in the Women's Gymnasium in 1926. Courtesy of Dr. Mark K. Allen.
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Voted "most popular man" on campus during the 1925-26 school year was Ezra Taft Benson, later a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles of the Church and Secretary of Agriculture during the Eisenhower administration. Courtesy of Dr. Mark K. Allen.
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Equipped with skis, skates, snowshoes, and toboggans, the Y Winter Walkers reach the pavilion and pond at Vivian Park in Provo Canyon in 1924 for a day of snowy activity. In Utah at that time
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there were no ski resorts with lifts, runs, fancy buildings, and restaurants, but the Y Winter Walkers improvised and had great fun. Courtesy of Homer Wake- field.
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The Brimhall Building had its beginning in 1918 as the one-story Mechanic Arts Building. In 1935 two additional floors were added, bringing the total floor area to 41,673 square feet. President Harris desired to change the name, and it be- came the George H. Brimhall Building in honor of the former University Presi- dent. It was dedicated by President Heber J. Grant at ceremonies seen in this photograph taken on October 16, 1935. It has also housed at various times the Biological Sciences Depart- ments, the Extension Division (Con- tinuing Education), the Journalism De- partment (Department of Communica- tions), and more recently the Indian education programs and the Interior Design Department.
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In 1937 President Harris presented plans to erect Allen Hall, a residence for men at Seventh North and First East. The funds were derived from the Knight Endowment Fund, and the building was named Allen Hall in honor of R. Eugene and Inez Knight Allen, a daughter of Jesse Knight. Cost of the structure was $75,000, and it was first occupied by seventy-five men students on March 21, 1938. Dr. and Mrs. H. Val Hoyt were the first couple to serve as dormitory parents. The students were allowed to work in the kitchen and the laundry and to do janitorial work for credit toward their room and board. Because of a housing shortage for women during World War II, Allen Hall was turned over to women students. The LDS Church Language Training Mission moved into the building in 1962 until the new Language Training Mission complex north of campus would be completed. The building was dedicated with twenty-one other buildings at ceremonies held on May 26, 1954.
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Lights were installed during the 1930s to illuminate the Education Building at night.
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Allen Hall proved so successful as a student residence that immediate steps were taken to construct another one — Amanda Knight Hall, named in honor of the wife of Jesse Knight. The $100,000 residence for ninety women was built from money obtained from the Jesse Knight Endowment Fund and is located at Eighth North and University Avenue. Professor Effie Warnick was the first "dorm mother" when the build- ing was occupied in March, 1939. It
was operated as a cooperative unit where the girls assisted in the house- work and in the kitchen. It was taken over later by the LDS Church's Lan- guage Training Mission.
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On Founder's Day, 1937, headed by Herald R. Clark and John C. Swensen, a procession of classes wended its way down the hill road for the groundbreak- ing of the building to be called Allen Hall.
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Faculty members who tried out the new tennis courts in 1930 were Fred Dixon (coach), left; Dr. P. A. Christensen (English), Dr. Meredith O. Wilson (history), J. Will Knight (Board of Trustees), and Dr. T. Earl Pardoe (speech and dramatic arts). The twelve courts were built where the Eyring Sci- ence Center now stands at the edge of Raymond Grove.
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The Student Supply Association Book- store was in the basement of the College Building in the 1930s.
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Plans for construction of the Stadium House were announced on February 5, 1936, and contributions came in im- mediately from faculty, social units, the community, and the class of 1929. Dr. T. Earl Pardoe donated proceeds from all school dramatic performances. A pledge of ten hours of work was so- licited from each student with a promise that names of the workers would be published in the Y News. The building was constructed on the west side of the stadium and served for athletic equip- ment storage and for men's and wom- en's dressing, locker, and shower rooms.
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This was Upper Campus between 1935 and 1939. West of the old playing field, where the Joseph Smith Memorial Building now stands, are the Heber J. Grant Library, left; the Karl G. Maeser Memorial Building, and the George H. Brimhall Building.
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The BYU Press Department was or- ganized in 1933 and set up in the base- ment of the Maeser Building, with only multilith and mimeograph services until 1941. Here Frank Haymore, press manager, left, and Dr. Carlton Culmsee of the Journalism Department check a printing job. This was the forerunner of the modern University Press which is one of the finest printing establish- ments in the Western United States.
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Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Joseph Smith Memorial Building were held on October 16, 1939. For this oc- casion, the BYU Band stood in a circle, while dignitaries sat on a temporary platform and spectators stood in the excavation. Beside them were 700,000 bricks from the old Lehi Sugar Factory which were to be used as lining bricks in the new structure. The bricks were cleaned and some of them laid by the same masons who had laid them in the original factory fifty years earlier.
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The Joseph Smith Memorial Building, an aesthetically appealing and remark- ably versatile and practical building, was started in October, 1939, and was dedicated on Founder's Day, October 16, 1941. The architect was Fred L. Mark- ham of Provo, whose design set the style for scores of other buildings. He explained that the Maeser Building had been finished in white stone, the Grant Building in glazed granite brick, and the Brimhall Building in yellow brick. To harmonize all of these Upper Campus structures, he designed a building of golden buff brick and precast white stone. Located in its tower were chimes that sounded the hour.
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Campus coordinating committee for the Smith Building included Herald R. Clark, dean of the College of Com- merce; Wyley Sessions, director of the Division of Religion; and William H. Snell, chairman of Industrial Education. Inspecting the work in the accompany- ing photograph were committeemen and students: Ernest Manwaring, left; John Weenig, Bill Reeve, Twain Tippetts, Dean Herald R. Clark, Director Wyley Sessions, Architect Fred Markham, un- identified, and Lavar Bateman.
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Commencement exercises, which had been held during the 1930s in the Provo Tabernacle, were changed to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building after its completion in 1941. In this photo- graph of 1947, the procession, which started at the Maeser Building, wends its way around the Grant Library to the Smith Building. The building also alleviated the problems of local wards by allowing the students to hold their own Sunday School and Mutual Im- provement Association on campus.
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The versatile Joseph Smith Memorial Building served many purposes and was the equivalent of a student union building until the Ernest L. Wilkinson Center was constructed in 1965. Here the stage of the auditorium was being used for a practice of a large chorus and orchestra under the direction of Pro- fessor Lawrence Sardoni.
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The ballroom and various other areas of the Smith Building served as the regis- tration center until completion of the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse in 1951.
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Set up in one corner of the Smith Cafeteria was the "Cougareat" (a play on words from "Cougarette"), a counter for quick snacks.
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The cafeteria was in the basement of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
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This was a Leadership (Education) Week assembly in the Joseph Smith Auditorium during the 1950s. The cur- tain was drawn, allowing the crowd to extend into the ballroom, which was later remodeled into offices. The audi- torium now ends where the curtain was located.
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The Joseph Smith Building Auditorium also served as a theater before the con- struction of the Harris Fine Arts Center in 1965. This set was being prepared for the production of "New Moon" in November, 1952. Notice the organ grill behind the scenery.
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The leadership of the University is rep- resented in this 1943 Deans Council meeting in the assembly room on the upper floor of the Karl G. Maeser Me- morial Building. Seated, left to right:
Thomas L. Martin (dean of Applied Sciences), Christen Jensen (Graduate School), President Franklin S. Harris, A. C. Lambert (summer school), Amos N. Merrill (Education), Nettie Smart (dean of women), John E. Hayes
(registrar), Gerrit de Jong, Jr. (Fine Arts), Thomas Broadbent (Extension Division); standing: Herald R. Clark
(Commerce), Wesley P. Lloyd (dean of students), Carl F. Eyring (Arts and Sciences), Wyley Sessions (Division of Religion), Kiefer B. Sauls (treasurer).
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Four great physicists who brought renown to Brigham Young University and who were recipients of numerous national honors were Dr. Milton Mar- shall, left, chairman of the Physics De- partment, in whose honor the pendulum in the Eyring Physical Science Building was named; Dr. Harvey Fletcher, father of stereophonic sound and first dean of the College of Physical and Engineering Sciences, for whom the Engineering Laboratory Building was named; Dr. Carl F. Eyring, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, for whom the Carl F. Eyring Physical Sciences Center was named; and Dr. Wayne B. Hales, chair- man of the Physics Department, in whose honor a lecture room in that building was named.
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Two noted artists, B. F. Larsen, left, and J. Roman Andrus (1940) examine art holdings of the University in the "attic” of the Education Building.
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Prof. Wilfred M. Poulson with psy- chology students in the 1940s.
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Two scholars who joined the faculty in 1933 to add strength to the Division of Religion were Dr. Russel B. Swensen, left, and Dr. Sidney B. Sperry. This photograph was taken in 1943; both achieved emeritus status in 1973.
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J. J. Keeler, University organist, in this 1936 photograph practiced at the organ in the College Hall Recital Room.
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Dr. Alonzo J. Morley conducts a breath- ing test on a student in the speech and hearing clinic in 1937. An extensive facility later developed in the Harris Fine Arts Center was named in honor of Dr. Morley.
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Dr. Vasco M. Tanner and friend in his laboratory in the Brimhall Building. The internationally noted entomologist joined the BYU faculty in 1925 and was editor of The Great Basin Naturalist for thirty years.
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LeRoy Robertson, a member of the music faculty at BYU from 1924 to 1947, was a conductor and a noted composer. His ''Trilogy,” composed in 1939, won the Reichhold Award of $25,000 in 1947, and his "Book of Mormon Oratorio,” premiered by the Utah Symphony Orchestra and a large chorus in 1953 at the Salt Lake Taber- nacle and at BYU, won wide acclaim.
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During the summer of 1938 President Franklin S. Harris, left, was host to Dr. Jean Piccard, famous French balloonist and scientist, who was a lecturer in BYU's summer school.
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This domestic arts class on Lower Cam- pus was taught by Vilate Elliot, standing.
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Selected from the ranks of the BYU Band in 1938 was this brass choir.
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The 1936 Concert Band on the stage at College Hall. The conductor was Pro- fessor Robert Sauer, right.
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When BYU teams invaded Salt Lake City for games with the University of Utah in the 1930s, the BYU Band also made its presence volubly known. In 1933 band members formed a circle in the lobby of the Hotel Utah and sere- naded the guests.
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The Provo Tabernacle was the scene of many concerts by the BYU Symphony Orchestra (shown here in 1938), other BYU instrumental groups and choruses, and visiting artists from throughout the world.
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At a reunion on campus in the 1930s was this class of 1916. Back row: LeRoy Hafen, Fayette Stevens, Dilworth Walker, Horace Monson, William T. Tew, Henry Savage, Hugh W. Peterson, Wayne B. Hales, E. Ray Gardner, Wal- ter P. Cottam; front row: Mrs. Monson, Mrs. Hafen, Alene Strong (Peterson), Mrs. Gardner. The paper hats and sashes were worn for identification — and for fun.
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A pep group of pretty coeds on the steps of the Women's Gymnasium in the 1930s.
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The Public Service Bureau provided lectures and entertainment in response to hundreds of requests each year for programs. The Bureau was originated in 1921 by student Ernest L. Wilkinson, later University president, and was the forerunner of the present Department of University Programs, which sends talent tours throughout the world. This staff in 1935 included Albert Swensen, left; Lorna Wentz, Ann Clayson, Elaine DeGraff, and Webster Decker.
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These girls are dressed up prettily in ski outfits for the 1935 Winter Carnival, in spite of the lack of snow.
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Student editors of the 1939-40 publica- tions were Robert Ruff, left, Banyan chief, and Marvin Smith, Y News editor.
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Entrants in the 1939 "Campus Sweet- heart" contest lined up in front of the white gates for their official photo. Venice Cottam was elected Campus Sweetheart, with Marie Pyott and Ruth White as attendants.
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Attending a senior class breakfast in 1939 at the president's home were President Franklin S. Harris, left; Ben E. Lewis, junior class president and 1939- 40 student body president-elect; Paul Boyer, senior president; Farol Hassel, senior vice-president; and Drew Leon- ard, student body president.
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A fashion show in 1938 was impressive for its neatness and femininity. The girls modeled clothing they had made in a clothing and textiles class.
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A tense scene from the gripping drama The Bad Man in 1936 was portrayed here in the College Hall production by Ralph Britsch, left; Fern Smoot, W. Rogers, L. Terry, Glenn Potter, Dr. Alonzo Morley (in wheelchair), J. Poulsen, E. Bird, and F. Collette.
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Until the Joseph Smith Memorial Build- ing was constructed in 1941, com- mencement exercises were held in the Provo Tabernacle. The procession formed at the Education Building and marched south on University Avenue to the Tabernacle, a distance of six blocks. At the head of this academic procession at the white gates in 1934 were Presi- dent Franklin S. Harris, left; President Anthony W. Ivins, counselor in the First Presidency; President Heber J. Grant, Elders David O. McKay, Reed Smoot, and John A. Widtsoe (apostles), Stephen Chipman and Lafayette Hol- brook of the Board of Trustees, and Sylvester Q. Cannon of the Presiding Bishopric (tall man in hat).
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The commencement procession entered and left by these doors of the Tabernacle.
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The 1938 graduating class and their families and friends crowded the Provo Tabernacle.
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At a commencement in the Provo Tabernacle, President Heber J. Grant hands out diplomas. At his right are President Franklin S. Harris and Elder Reed Smoot; at his left, Franklin L. West, commissioner of education, and Elder Stephen L Richards. Dean Gerrit de Jong of the College of Fine Arts is directing traffic. The music conductor near the organ console is Franklin Madsen.
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Social unit members dressed in tuxedos for their formal dinner meetings in the Hotel Roberts dining room. Social units were approved in 1927; but, unlike Greek-letter fraternities and sororities, all students were invited to join, and the units were sponsored by faculty mem- bers. Their names were unlike anything on any other campus. In 1940 social units for men were the Brigadiers, the Brickers, the Tausigs, the Trojans, the Val Hyrics, and the Vikings. Units for women were the Alta Mitras, the Cesta Ties, the Em Anons, the Fidelas, the Thalians, the Geferans, the LaVadis, Les Cicilliennes, the Nautilus, the O.S. Travatas, the Ta Lentas, the Val Norns, and the Loha-Os. In addition, there were numerous hobby clubs, geographic clubs, honor societies, service units, and religious groups, such as the Delta Phis (returned missionaries), the YXLMs (returned lady missionaries), and the Lambda Delta Sigmas (LDS) clubs. The
clubs competed in setting fashion trends, attaining student offices, and garnering trophies in all kinds of events, such as Winter Carnival and Homecoming parades.
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Until 1950 BYU owned and operated
considerable farm property on and ad- jacent to campus. This was harvest time in 1938 in an apple orchard west of the present Richards Building site. Karl Miller of the Physical Plant De- partment, center, was in charge. Some of the produce was turned over to needy students during depression days.
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All activities during the Great Depres- sion were simplified, including this homecoming parade in downtown Provo in 1934. The Banyan for 1932 was merely a scrapbook, with a few pictures of buildings printed in the front and the rest of the pages left for the owner to insert his own clippings and sentiments. There were also cuts in salaries and elimination of some events. But, un- like most universities, BYU enjoyed an increase in enrollment, which reached 2,375 in 1939.
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This was the 1936 Brigadier social unit's semi-formal dance, with girls in evening dresses and men in Sunday best.
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Dr. George H. Hansen (geology) and Ermalita Idle proudly display the Brig- ham Young banner and a copy of the 1939 Banyan which were sent to ac- company the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. The 1940 Banyan stated that the Banyan was a valued asset to the library of "lit- tle America," Admiral Byrd's camp in the Antarctic.
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Dr. Leona Holbrook, right, who became head of the Women's Physical Educa- tion Department in 1937 and later one of the top figures in the nation in that field, talks with some of her students on the mezzanine of the Women's Gym- nasium. She served at BYU a total of thirty-seven years, retiring in 1974. Numerous developments were brought about in physical education during her leadership, and in 1940 she brought the big Posture Parade (which was held in connection with the annual Invitational Track Meet and Relay Carnival) to its all-time peak. She was instrumental in the construction of the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse and the Stephen L Richards Building. Recognized inter- nationally, she served as president of the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation and president of the National Association of Physical Education of College Wom- en and was U.S. representative to the International Congress for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, giving advisory service in several coun- tries. She holds the highest awards these organizations can confer.
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The birthday of the University was ob- served as "Founder's Day" until 1930, when the name "Homecoming" was applied. The event included downtown parades and football games, but the election of a Homecoming queen did not become vogue until 1937, when the first queen, Bonna Ashby (Brinton) was chosen.
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In 1937 a favorite meeting place for students was in the hall of the Karl G. Maeser Memorial Building beneath the bust of Brigham Young. Among these students was James C. Fletcher, left, who later served as president of the University of Utah from 1964 to 1971 and was appointed in that year as ad- ministrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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The Sophomore Loan Fund Ball, which began before 1923 and continued through the 1950s, was designed to raise money for assistance to needy students. In this photograph (about 1934), Afton Hansen, left, and Stewart Grow come to the Date Bureau of the Sophomore Loan Fund Ball to take ad- vantage of its services.
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The first BYU Press Club (1935) was made up of students in journalism, a department which had just been started by Dr. Harrison R. Merrill. Members included, front row, left to right: Mar- jorie Seegmiller, unidentified, Francis Foster, John Domina (behind Foster), Gilbert Chatwin, unidentified; second row: Stewart Grow, Harold Christen- sen, Ermel Morton, Forace Green, un- identified; third row: Dr. Carlton
Culmsee (faculty), Reese Faucette, John Talmage, Harrison R. Merrill (faculty), unidentified.
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An exciting annual event in October during the 1940s was the "Smokeless Smoker," a stag affair for the men stu- dents and faculty, which included a program of boxing, wrestling, and some variety numbers. It was held in the Men's Gymnasium on the top floor of the Training Building, while the women students at the same time held a Jam- boree in the Women's Gymnasium, consisting of games, folk dancing, and community singing. Each fan at the Smoker usually received a small treat, such as a candy sucker or an apple. The 1940 card listed a battle royal with two freshmen, two sophomores, and a senior all in the ring. There was also a blind- fold battle royal and individual boxing and wrestling matches of three rounds each (usually billed as "grudge matches"). Entertainment that year included community singing, led by Ralph Britsch of the English Depart- ment, a fencing demonstration, and a champion jitterbug performance.
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Principals in a 1940 production of a traditional Christmas drama. Family Portrait, a play about the family of Jesus, were Mrs. Odessa L. Cullimore, left; Mrs. Kathryn Pardoe, and Mrs. Arta Ballif. The play was presented in College Hall each year for many years by the BYU actors.
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Thirty years later, in October, 1974, the drama Family Portrait was revived and presented in honor of Mrs. Kathryn Pardoe, the veteran BYU drama teacher, in the Pardoe Drama Theater. Playing the role of Mary was Mrs. Georgia Faux, daughter of Mrs. Odessa Cullimore, who took the part three decades earlier. In the 1974 version, the actors wore peasant costume to make the production more universal.
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With LeRoy Robertson conducting, the BYU orchestra performed in the Provo Tabernacle on May 3, 1939, with E. Robert Schmitz, a renowned French pianist and associate of composer Claude Debussy, as soloist. He played the Beethoven Concerto No. 1, a group of Debussy compositions, and the Liszt Concerto in E flat.
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The 1937 Junior Prom committee in- cluded, front row, left to right: Marian Wilson, Roslyn Eddington, Maurine Clark; middle row: Dean A. Peterson, Maurine Murdock Hughes, Ralph Kelley; top row: Dean Van Wagenen, George Killian.
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With the revival of football in 1920 came also renewed enthusiasm. Fol- lowed by the student body, the football team marched down University Avenue to board a train for a game at Logan. Photo courtesy of Lynn Wakefield.
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After a twenty-year ban on football, the sport was brought back to Brigham Young University on an intramural basis in 1919, and intercollegiate games were resumed in 1920. This scruffy crew, posing in front of the white gates on lower campus, was the 1920 BY High School team.
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The football team boarded a car of the interurban railroad at a station located at First West and Center streets, where the downtown J. C. Penney store now stands. A huge crowd of supporters cheered their departure. Note that every man is wearing a suit and a hat. Pep rallies in those days were called "vodies." Photo courtesy of Lynn Wakefield.
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For the first few years after the revival of football at BYU, many games were played at the old Timp Park, just south of the present Provo power plant. There were no grandstands, and automobiles and spectators lined up along the side- lines. Players suited up at the Men's Gymnasium in the Training Building and walked to Timp Park. Later, foot- ball was moved to Upper Campus at the old grandstand, which, in the absence of football, had been used primarily as a track.
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Knute Rockne, famous coach of Notre Dame, was teacher at the first coaching school in Utah (instituted by Eugene L. Roberts [far left]) during the summer of 1923. Rockne is in the center, with Alvin Twitchell, BYU coach, at his right and Fred (Buck) Dixon, BYU coach, at his left.
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The play was rough in this football game with Montana University in 1925. BYU was admitted to the Rocky Moun- tain Conference in 1921 and had its first winning year in 1929, with a record of five wins and three losses. This game was played on the field near the old grandstand on Upper Campus.
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These were the Cougars in 1924 as they posed on the rocky old playing field near the grandstand where the Joseph Smith Building now stands. Football games were moved to the new hillside stadium in 1928. Team members were, front row, left to right: unidentified, Monty Groesbeck, Silky Knudsen, Carl Harris, Pete Mendenhall, Lovell Hib- bert, Wayne Smart, unidentified, un- identified, Paul Packard; standing: Don Corbett, unidentified, Harlow Jones, Rip Gledhill, Bob Howard, Fred Hinck- ley, Hunter Manson, Golden Romney, George K. Lewis, Tars Hullinger, and Redd Merkley.
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an exhibition basis for thousands of athletes and spectators. Probably the largest in the nation, the meet involved over 4,000 participants before World War II. Today the event is called the Annual Invitational Track and Field Meet (1975 was the 62nd annual) and is limited to high schools. It includes tennis and golf competition in addition to track, along with the girls' feature. Pep Clubs on Review.
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In 1924 Wilma Jeppsen, head of the Women's Physical Education Depart- ment, suggested the addition of a Pos- ture Parade for high school girls as a part of the annual Invitational Track and Field Meet, which had been con- ducted at BYU since 1911. The proposal was approved, and the first girls' march- ing units appeared that year. The team in the accompanying photograph posed on the track of the old playing field on Upper Campus near Raymond Grove.
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This was a typical finish of the 100-yard dash in the Invitational Track and Field Meet and Relay Carnival (about 1940)
in the old stadium. The meet had its origin in 1911 when Coach Eugene L. Roberts sent letters inviting a number of nearby high schools to participate in an 880-yard relay race at the annual spring interclass track and field meet on campus. He conceived the idea after witnessing several big track meets at Madison Square Garden in New York and attending the annual Penn Relays.
Each year the list of participating high schools and junior colleges grew until it included most of the schools in the Intermountain West. The addition of the Posture Parade in 1924 added grace and beauty. In 1935 special events were added, and famous track and field stars performed at the meet on
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Typical of Posture Parades is this scene from the 1939 event. By that time the girls had discarded the bloomers for shorts, and all teams wore identical blouses, shorts, and caps, with emphasis on posture and marching skill. Skirts were adopted in 1940, but in 1947 the girls were back in shorts. The event reached its peak in 1940 under Leona Holbrook, who introduced merit ratings rather than "winners." The Posture Parade was abandoned during World War II, but thereafter it was held until 1949, when it was discontinued for five years. In 1955 it was replaced by Pep Clubs on Review, which continues to the present time. The new emphasis is on dancing skill and spectacular march- ing maneuvers in individual unit uni- forms. The groups also participate in mass activities.
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After construction of the stadium in 1928, the Invitational Track and Field Meet and the Posture Parade moved to the stadium. By 1939 eighteen teams were participating, including nearly a thousand girls. Of interest in this
photograph are the Stadium House on the west side of the field (constructed in 1936); the apple orchard, where the practice field and the fieldhouse are now located; and the open spaces beyond,
where Provo High School and com- mercial establishments now stand. This area of the field and the Stadium House is now occupied by the Richards Building.
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Brigham Young University won the Rocky Mountain Conference basketball championship in 1924. Team members were, left to right, front row: Paul
Packard, Orin Howard, Golden Romney, Grant Ingersoll, Fred Dixon, and Reed Stewart; second row: Dunn Taylor,
Thomas G. Griggs, Kenneth Anderson, Wesley Lloyd, Clarence Knudsen, Fred Richards; back row: E. L. Roberts, ath- letic director; Coach Alvin Twitchell; and George A. Fix, manager. Coach Twitchell's basketball teams (1921-25) won forty-four games and lost twenty.
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The coaching staff in 1931 included Fred "Buck" Dixon, left, an all-time great who won four letters each in foot- ball, basketball, and tennis (1923-26), and who joined the staff in 1928 as assistant football and basketball coach and later was tennis and golf coach for many years; the colorful and dynamic George Ottinger (Ott) Romney, head football, basketball, and track coach, 1928-36; Weldon Monson, assistant football coach and BY High School basketball coach; and Charles J. Hart, football coach from 1925 to 1927, chair- man of the Timpanogos Hike (1928-61), chairman of the Physical Education De- partment, and director of the Invita- tional Track Meet and Relay Carnival (1928-48).
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Assisted by wrestling coach Aubert Coty, Coach Ott Romney hands out equipment to BYU athletes in the Men's Gymnasium: Hap Nisonger, unidenti- fied, Mack Warner, Pete Wilson, un- identified.
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Ready to board the bus for a game trip was this 1928 BYU basketball team: Coach G. Ott Romney, left; President Franklin S. Harris, unidentified, Owen West, Mark Ballif, Paul Thorn, George Cooper, Russell Magleby, Donald Dixon, Eldon Brinley, Les Wright, Bernard Walker, Clarence Skousen, Assistant Coach Fred Dixon, and Trainer Tobe Raile.
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Russ Parsons presents the 1933 basket- ball championship trophy to Coach Ott Romney. The players were, first row, left to right: El wood Romney, BYU's first all-American basketball player; Malcolm LeSeuer, Byron Nelson, Floyd Millet, J. Whitman; second row: Joe Johnson, George Gurley, Hugh Cannon, Jim Hunter, Emerson McOmber, and Wilburn Ball. Coach Romney's basket- ball teams, 1928-35, had a win-loss record of 138-81. His football teams won 42, lost 31, and tied 5. In 1932 his football team had a record of 8 wins and 1 loss, and his track teams were cham- pions in 1934, 1935, and 1936.
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Head Coach Ott Romney (1928-36) did not limit his campus activities to ath- letics. Here he plays a heavy dramatic role in "Counselor at Law," which was produced on the stage of the old College Hall.
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BYU Head Coach Ott Romney (1928- 36) was honored at a farewell dinner in the Hotel Roberts sponsored by the Provo Chamber of Commerce. Here he says his goodbyes. On the table in front of him is the suitcase presented to him as a gift. At his right are President Franklin S. Harris (white hair) and George Ballif (glasses), former student body president who gave the main address.
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Head football coach Eddie Kimball, left, outlines 1941 strategy for assistant coaches Wayne Soffe and Wayne Reeve.
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Dr. Edwin R. Kimball, left, a BYU grad- uate of 1926, became BYU line coach in 1936 and head football and basketball coach in 1937, also assuming duties as director of athletics. The next year BYU joined the Mountain States Athletic Conference (the "Big Seven"), which included the universities of Colorado, Colorado State, Utah, Utah State, Den- ver, Wyoming, and BYU. Eddie Kim- ball rolled up a football record of 34 wins, 32 losses, and 8 ties, giving up coaching in 1948 to become athletic di- rector full time. Floyd Millet, right, star on Ott Romney's football and bas- ketball teams, became assistant football coach to Eddie Kimball and was head coach of all sports in 1942-43. The basketball team that year won 17 and lost 3 and played in a Madison Square Garden, New York, tournament. Mil- let's 1942 football team was the first to beat the University of Utah's team. Coach Millet later served as athletic director from 1963 to 1970.
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Eddie Kimball's football teams were colorful and visible. This formidable line in 1937 included Merrill Watters, left; Hafen Leavitt, Vaughn Lloyd (all- American), Chad Beckstead, Gerald Gillespie, Forrest Bird, and Wayne Soffe. In its best season to that time BYU finished third in a twelve-team league.
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Head Coach Edwin R. Kimball, second row left, and assistant Coach Floyd Millet, second row right, with the 1938- 39 basketball team. Eddie Kimball's teams, 1936-41, won 56 games and lost 48. Coach Millet took over as head basketball coach, 1942-49, winning 102 and losing 69. He was also track coach. Millet led the Cougars to the Mountain States Athletic Conference title in 1948.
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A wiry little French-Canadian, Aubert Coty, produced championship wrestling teams in the 1930s. He poses here with the 1936 team: Iliff Jeffrey, left; Her- man Rowley, Ernest Dean, James Lam- bert, Carlisle Lambert, Merrill Croft, Golden Taylor, Albert Clark, and Coach Coty.
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Intercollegiate basketball games were played in the Women's Gymnasium and in the Springville High School Gym- nasium until construction of the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse in 1951. This is a photograph of a game with the Uni- versity of Utah in 1937.
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Interclass sports competition flourished during the 1930s, and typical of the competitors was this junior class wom- en's team that won the basketball cham- pionship in 1938. From top: Wanda Andrus, Mary Pintar, Lorean Lewis, Beth Soffe, Thora Carlson, and Gretta Carlson, who was also Winter Carnival Queen.
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The tennis team in 1938, photographed on the upper campus courts at about where the Eyring Science Center now stands, included: Grant Hansen, left;
Bill Pardoe, Gordon Snow, Grant Holt, Malcolm Booth, Howard Ballard, Coach Fred Dixon, and Charles Fletcher.
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Brigham Young University's first swim- ming team, which entered competition in 1921-22, included Briant Decker, left; Hamilton Calder, T. William Harrison, Aldus Markham, and Harold Bentley. The earliest teams trained in the pool of the Provo High School when the school was located on Third West between Center and First South streets. Because of burdensome expense, Provo High School closed the pool after very few years of operation. BYU did not have its own facility until construction in 1965 of the Richards Building with its natatorium of three pools.
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The BYU women's swimming team in the old Provo High School pool in the 1920s.
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World War II struck Brigham Young University with tremendous impact as students and faculty left the academic scene to serve in the armed forces or in war-related industries. Enrollment dropped from 2,375 in 1939-40 to only 884 in 1943-44. Only a skeleton faculty remained. Many events, such as Lead-
ership Week, the Invitational Track Meet and Relay Carnival, the Journal- ism Conference, the Intermountain Commercial Contest, and the Speech and Drama Festival, all were cancelled. Farewell assemblies were held often for those who had been called. Also, on July 1, 1942, about 300 U.S. Army pri- vates came on campus for the Army
Specialized Training Program conducted by BYU under Army supervision. It was a rigorous schedule in chemistry, physics, mathematics, English, history, geography, and physical education — a course needed in a war of technology. Joseph K. Nicholes supervised the pro- gram, which lasted three twelve-week terms.
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Professor Joseph K. Nicholes, in charge of the Army Specialized Training Pro- gram on campus during World War II, greets soldiers near the Stadium House.
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Soldiers in the Army Specialized Train- ing Program on BYU campus during World War II formed chow line outside the Joseph Smith Building cafeteria.
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Because of the lack of housing during World War II, the Provo Third LDS Ward Recreation Hall (Taylor Hall) was converted into a barracks for the Army Specialized Training Unit soldiers attached to the BYU program.
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Troops of the Army Specialized Train- ing Program on BYU campus during World War II marched down “lovers' lane" on the south slope of campus as they left for field duty.
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The armed services enlisted BYU men right off the gridiron. Here taking the oath as Marines are ten football players: Glen Oliverson, left; Pete Prusse, Ed Morris, Jean Fox, Ed Ure, Wes Bowers, Bill Dixey, Chat Chatterton, Russell Boyce, and Bob Liday.
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Coach Edwin R. (Eddie) Kimball and Coach Wayne Soffe, both Naval officers, turned over their duties to Coach Floyd Millett (later athletic director) as they prepared to leave for military service in 1942. Coach Millett's football team had a 2-5 win-loss record that year, but that included a victory over the University of Utah, the first ever accomplished by a BYU football team.
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Dr. Wayne B. Hales of the Physics De- partment was in charge of Civilian Pilot Training as an aid to the war prepara- tion. In this 1943 photograph he is ready to launch a weather balloon dur- ing instruction of civilian pilot trainees. The course was held at the Provo and Spanish Fork airports and included 240 hours of ground school and thirty-five hours of flight training for the forty-five students involved. Dr. Hales and Dr. Milton Marshall also taught thirty students in radio engineering.
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Dr. Wayne B. Hales, far right, at the Provo Airport. Far left is Merrill Christopherson, local pilot and airport manager, who helped in the program.
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Dr. Carlton Culmsee, left, who was di- rector of the Extension Division and head of the Journalism Department, turned over his Extension duties and gave final instructions to Thomas L. Broadbent before leaving for Naval duty in 1943.
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Before and during World War II, many students hauled their trailers into Ray- mond Grove on the east side of BYU campus and set up housekeeping.
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Although student enrollment dropped from 2,375 in 1939-40 to only 884 in the 1943-44 war years, housing became scarce because of the influx of workers and their families to the new war in- dustries in Utah County. In view of the shortage, the administration ordered the remodeling of Room D in the Education Building along with residences in the area for housing students, especially women students. George H. Hansen, Thomas L. Martin, A. C. Lambert, Lynn Hayward, Alonzo J. Morley, and other
faculty members assisted in making the changes. In the accompanying photo- graph Dr. George Hansen (geology), left, and Dean A. C. Lambert (summer school) were constructing rooms for student housing in the Education Building.
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Girls of the BYU campus chapter of Lambda Delta Sigma (a Latter-day Saint student society) busily worked on sew- ing for the Red Cross during World War II. The Y News featured "Fighting Sons of Brigham," a column with information about the locations and activities of stu- dents in the service. Dr. T. Earl Pardoe kept BYU servicemen informed of campus events by a regular newsletter.
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Names of the 117 BYU men who gave their lives in World War II are mounted in eternal honor on a huge bronze plaque in Memorial Hall of the Ernest L. Wilkinson Center.
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ATime of Transition 1945-1949
Almost simultaneously with the end of World War II, a new president came to the helm of Brigham Young University to guide it through four years of transition — Howard Stevenson Mc- Donald.
Born in Holladay, Utah, on July 18, 1894, the son of Francis and Rosella Stevenson McDonald, he attended Holladay schools and graduated from Granite High School. Upon completion of a two-year mission for the Church in the Eastern States Mission, he married
Ella Gibbs on September 26, 1917. They became parents of two daughters, Ruth (M. Boyer) and Melba (M. Orgill).
During World War I he was stationed in France with the 163rd Artillery Brigade from Utah.
Continuing his education, he received his Bachelor of Science degree from the Utah State Agricultural College in 1921 and remained as an instructor in mathe- matics until 1924. He then moved to California, where he taught in the San Francisco public schools. He also con- tinued his studies, receiving the Master of Arts degree from the University of California in 1925. A number of years later he received his Doctor of Educa- tion degree from the same institution, and in 1952 he received a Doctor of Humanities degree, also from the Uni- versity of California.
In 1928 Dr. McDonald was appointed vice-principal and dean of boys at Bal- boa High School in San Francisco, and in 1934 he became director of teaching personnel in the San Francisco public schools. He was appointed deputy superintendent of San Francisco public schools in 1935, holding this office until July 1, 1944, when he returned to Salt Lake City.
Throughout this period he served in various Church positions, finally that of president of the East Bay San Francisco Stake. He also served as one of the five presidents of the San Francisco Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and upon his return to Salt Lake he became a member of the governing board of the Salt Lake Council of Boy Scouts.
As superintendent of Salt Lake City public schools from 1944 to 1945, he clearly demonstrated not only his skill as an administrator but his zeal as a formidable fighter for causes he es- poused. Then, on November 14, 1945, he was inaugurated as president of Brigham Young University. During his administration the school experienced a major expansion, growing much more rapidly than many other universities of the country. To keep pace with this growth, he took steps to increase the
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faculty and to reorganize the Graduate School and the Student Counseling Service. He also emphasized the spiri- tual ideals of the University and en- deavored to raise academic standards.
When President Harris took office, enrollment was a little over 1,500 stu- dents, but by the fall of 1945 this had jumped to over 2,700 as the servicemen returned. By 1947-48 the enrollment had reached 5,400, placing tremendous pressure on housing, classrooms, and faculty.
Although it was a time of stress, President McDonald urged full speed ahead toward the creation of a greater university, including the construction of science, fine arts, and union buildings, more dormitories, and a library addi- tion. Only the science building and dormitories became a reality during his administration. The Carl F. Eyring Physical Science Center was approved in 1946, but because of postwar infla- tion, it did not get under way until 1948. This single building practically doubled the building space on campus.
Because of the enlarged postwar stu- dent body, housing facilities were over- taxed and had to be expanded. Through the Federal Works Program, temporary housing, known as Wymount Village, was constructed in 1946 for 200 married veterans and 350 single veterans by moving forty-five war surplus, tem- porary buildings from the Ogden ar- senal. A number of temporary build- ings were also provided at this time for offices and classrooms. In 1948 work was completed on a women's dormitory, Knight-Mangum Hall, and an adjoining temporary women's dormitory was remodeled into what is now Social Hall.
In a major change. President Mc- Donald inaugurated Student Personnel Services, with Dean of Students Wesley P. Lloyd in charge. This area supervised such functions as admissions, athletics, attendance and scholarship, awards, orientation, health services, housing, publication, and others, freeing faculty committees for scholarly work.
President McDonald left on October 30, 1949, to accept the position of
president of Los Angeles City College and Los Angeles State College of Ap- plied Arts and Sciences. On May 7, 1957, the Howard S. McDonald Stu- dent Health Center was dedicated and named in his honor.
Between the resignation of President McDonald and the arrival of President Ernest L. Wilkinson in February, 1951, Dr. Christen Jensen, veteran faculty member and dean of the Graduate School, served as acting president.
Elder Joseph F. Merrill, apostle, spoke at commencement exercises in the Joseph Smith Building during the Mc- Donald administration. On the stand also were President Howard S. Mc- Donald, left. President David O. McKay, and Dr. George H. Hansen, Geology Department chairman and one-time acting dean of Arts and Sciences.
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Participating in commencement exer- cises in the 1940s were Church Presi- dent George Albert Smith, left, BYU President Howard S. McDonald, and former BYU President Franklin S. Har- ris, at the podium.
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After occupying his office in the Maeser Building in November 1945, President Howard S. McDonald greets students. They are Betty Galbraith of Richland, Washington, left; Vernal Jensen, Ogden, Utah; and Wanda McMurray, Oakley, Idaho.
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The great flood of war veterans return- ing as students under the G.I. Bill after World War II taxed every facility of the University: housing, classroom, faculty, and services. Grappling with the prob- lem in this photo were Registrar John E. Hayes, left; Kiefer B. Sauls, treasurer; and Benjamin F. Cummings, chairman of the housing committee.
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An innovation inaugurated by President McDonald in 1946 was a new Counsel- ing Service to provide better assessment of students' abilities, aptitudes, and interests for the benefit of both faculty and students. Dr. Antone K. Romney, center, in charge of the Counseling Ser- vice (later dean of students and dean of the College of Education); Dr. Mark K. Allen, left, psychometrist (later chair- man of Psychology Department); and Dr. Harold Glen Clark, right, a coun- selor (later dean of Continuing Edu- cation).
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President Howard S. McDonald, right, confers with University of Utah Presi- dent A. Ray Olpin, who was student body president at BYU in 1921-22.
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A major change instituted by President Howard S. McDonald was the organi- zation of Student Personnel Services, with Dean of Students Wesley P. Lloyd, right, in charge. Dr. Lloyd was ap- pointed by President Franklin S. Harris as the first dean of students and served in that position from 1937 to 1960, then as dean of the Graduate School from 1960 to 1969. In this photograph. President McDonald and Dean Lloyd were discussing the campus plan. President McDonald had proposed a fieldhouse as early as 1946, and the men here are pointing to the area where the fieldhouse was later built.
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This was Brigham Young University Upper Campus when President Howard S. McDonald assumed office in 1945. There were the Maeser, Grant, Brim- hall, and Smith Buildings, with the stadium and Stadium House beyond. The Carl F. Eyring Physical Science Center was built at the location of the tennis courts on the right side of this photograph. Some of the temporary war surplus buildings are visible.
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When a new Aeolian-Skinner organ was installed in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in 1948, the older Austin organ was re- moved, transported to Provo, and in- stalled in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building auditorium. Gathered around the console upon completion of the work were, front row, left to right: J. J.
Keeler, University organist; Alexander
Schreiner, Tabernacle organist; Frank W. Asper, Tabernacle organist; back row: Roy Darley, Tabernacle organist;
Dr. Gerrit de Jong, Jr., dean of the BYU College of Fine Arts; and BYU President Howard S. McDonald.
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In 1946 the McDonald Administration obtained forty-eight war surplus build- ings which were moved from the Ogden Arsenal to create Wymount Village for housing married students and their families and the "D" Dorms for single men. They were used intensively until they were removed in 1962-63 to pro- vide for campus expansion and im- proved housing.
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Temporary buildings were also moved to campus to provide offices and class- rooms in addition to housing. This Butler Hut became part of the Speech Center — a series of Butler Huts con- nected by hallways. It housed the Speech and Hearing Clinic, campus radio station KBYU, the scenery shop, a costume shop, offices of seventeen faculty members, eight classrooms, and a conference room. The first home of the BYU Air Force ROTC unit also was in a Butler Hut like this.
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These temporary buildings housed the Student Health Center, left, and the Bookstore. This is the present location of the Martin-Widtsoe Life Sciences Center.
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Housed also in temporary buildings was the University Press (Printing Service), located just east of the Herald R. Clark Building on a site which is now a park- ing lot. This was a large operation, in- cluding the publication of books, bro- chures, pamphlets, posters, and the student newspaper. Press operations continued here until construction of the present facilities on 1700 North Street in 1968. Shown here are Richard F. Beach (left) and Elmo Robinson.
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Also benefiting from the acquisition of the war surplus buildings was the Re- ceiving Department, housed in a quon- set hut just east of the Harvey Fletcher Engineering Laboratory Building.
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A large war surplus temporary building that might have seen duty as a mess hall or a day room was moved to the spot where the Engineering Sciences and Technology Building now stands and became the Wymount Cafeteria, serving mostly the men who were housed in the "D" Dorms.
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After more than a decade of intensive use, proving a boon to the burgeoning University in a time of rapid growth, the temporary buildings were removed from 1959 to 1963 to make way for more modern buildings. This was the demise of the old North Building, which had four wings and which provided much- needed offices and classrooms. It housed the Journalism Department, the Sociology Department, much of the College of Business, the News Bureau, and summer school offices. The Harold B. Lee Library was later constructed on the site.
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Knight-Mangum Hall, left, which origi- nally housed 280 coeds, and the Social Hall, right, were completed in 1948 dur- ing the McDonald administration, with Fred L. Markham as architect. The halls were named at a dedication of several buildings on May 26, 1954, for two sisters-in-law, who were lifelong friends of the University — Lucy Jane Brimhall Knight and Jennie Knight Mangum. Before completion of the Language Training Mission complex north of campus in the 1970s, these halls were residences and a school for missionaries. Located at the southeast corner of the campus, they consist of five levels on a hillside and are constructed of golden buff brick and white pressed stone.
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The nucleus of Knight-Mangum Hall was built in the mid-thirties when the National Youth Administration chose that location to build a training school. With permission of University officials, a building 50 by 200 feet was con- structed. After the war, it was pur- chased by the Presiding Bishopric as a chapel for the Twelfth and Thirteenth Wards of the Church and the Social Hall was purchased for the University. The accompanying photograph shows how it appeared as the residence halls were being added.
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Knight-Mangum Hall had its own cafe- teria for its 280 women occupants.
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Church President George Albert Smith, center, spoke at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Carl F. Eyring Physi- cal Science Center on May 11, 1948. On the stand also were Fred Markham (hand in pocket), architect; Dean Carl F. Eyring, in whose honor the building was named; BYU President Howard S. McDonald (with shovel); and Elder Stephen L Richards, apostle. The cere- mony took place at a spot formerly oc- cupied by tennis courts and the old Raymond Grove.
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The Carl F. Eyring Science Center under construction in December, 1949.
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A kibitzer, very likely an over-anxious faculty member, supervised as work- men moved the superstructure of the Eyring Science Center astronomical ob- servatory into place.
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When it was dedicated on October 17, 1950, as a highlight of the Diamond Jubilee, the Carl F. Eyring Science Center was the largest, most imposing academic building of its kind in the Mountain West. A milestone in campus growth and expansion, the $2 million structure added floor space (147,467
square feet) equal to that of six other major campus buildings. Dr. Carl F. Eyring, in whose honor it was named, was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and had spent literally decades in advocating, planning, and modifying the concept of the building. Designed by Fred L. Markham and constructed by Christiansen Brothers, the building has cantilever stairways and a central Foucault pendulum. It contains 214 rooms, including 48 offices, 24 class- rooms, 98 laboratories, 14 service rooms, an astronomical observatory, a plane- tarium, two acoustics chambers, 33 built-in display cases, 2,000 windows, and 400 doors. A total of 2,500 stu- dents can be accommodated in class- rooms and laboratories every hour.
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In 1949 senior and graduate students moved stacks of books from various locations on campus to the Heber J. Grant Library for processing in prepara- tion for a later move to the Eyring Sci- ence Center, then under construction.
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This was the crowd in the foyer of the Center when the building was named and dedicated.
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Dr. Eyring was ill when the Science Center was dedicated and named in his honor on October 17, 1950, as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebration, but he attended anyway and gave the principal address. He died January 3, 1951.
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Students immediately nicknamed the Eyring Science Center's excellent amphitheater lecture rooms "snake pits." Lecture halls, laboratories, and libraries in the building were named in honor of Elder John A. Widtsoe, Elder James E. Talmage, and Elder Orson Pratt, all apostles, scientists, and edu- cators; Franklin L. West, BYU physics professor and later LDS Church com- missioner of education; and professors who gave long and distinguished service to the school and their fields: Charles E. Maw (chemistry), Joseph K. Nicholes (chemistry), Albert C. Boyle (geology), Frederick Buss (geology), Wayne B. Hales (physics), George H. Hansen (geology), Edwin S. Hinckley (geology), and Frank Warren Smith (donor of a scientific library to BYU).
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When it opened in 1950, the Eyring Science Center became the hub of ac- tivity, having doubled the size of the campus. Centerpiece of the main foyer is a forty-two-foot Foucault pendulum, which demonstrates the earth's rotation. It was named in honor of Dr. Milton Marshall (metallurgist and chairman of the BYU Department of Physics and the Department of Mathematics) at the same time the building was dedicated.
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A chemistry laboratory in the Eyring Science Center.
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A twenty-four-inch reflecting telescope, the largest in Utah, was installed in the Eyring Science Center observatory in 1958. Dr. Delbert McNamara, as- tronomy and physics, has used the in- strument extensively for research on binary and eclipsing stars.
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Dr. H. Kimball Hansen of the BYU Physics Department adjusts the pro- jector in the Summerhays planetarium atop the Eyring Science Center. An audience of sixty can view the celestial show on the underside of the dome. Constructed in 1957, it was the first planetarium in the state of Utah. It was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum B. Summerhays of Salt Lake City and named in honor of Mr. Summerhays' mother, Mrs. Sarah Berrett Summer- hays. In 1971 they donated additional funds to replace the original Spitz opti- cal projector with a Viewlex console and projector.
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Students Phyllis Hansen and Brent Haymond examine the speakers for the carillonic bell system which was in- stalled atop the Eyring Science Center in 1957. Bell concerts, which could be heard over the campus and much of the city, were played every evening during the 1960s. They also sounded the hours, advertised campus events, played religious hymns after devotional as- semblies, enhanced the Christmas spirit, and even called off Y Day a couple of times by playing "Stormy Weather." The sixty-two-note system was com- pletely rebuilt in 1973. The speakers, broadcasting a band record rather than the bells, also played the National An- fhem during the raising and lowering of the flag each day.
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The construction of the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse was the fulfillment of a dream of Brigham Young University athletics enthusiasts and physical edu- cation faculty, who had labored long to achieve such a structure. BYU basket- ball teams had played for decades in the Men's Gymnasium in the Training Building, in the Women's Gymnasium on University Avenue, and finally in the Springville High School Gymnasium, although BYU had become a large uni- versity in competition with other large schools. Dr. Edwin R. Kimball (athletic director). Dr. Ariel S. Ballif (chairman of the Athletic Council), and Dr. P. A. Christensen (faculty representative to the Mountain States Conference) had long faced criticism by other schools concerning inadequate facilities.
President Howard S. McDonald had planned for a fieldhouse as early as 1946, but approval did not come until March 10, 1950, when Dr. Christen Jensen was acting president of the Uni- versity and George Albert Smith was President of the Church. Under the proposed plan BYU would be required to raise one-half of the estimated one- million-dollar cost of the building, and Dr. Jensen immediately appointed Dean Wesley P. Lloyd as chairman of the
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fund-raising drive.
On May 24, 1950, more than 7,000 persons gathered just south of the foot- ball stadium to watch the groundbreak- ing ceremonies. Elder Joseph Field- ing Smith turned the first earth, and contractors Garff-Ryberg-Garff began working from the plans drawn by archi- tects Fred L. Markham, W. Rowe Smith, and Richard W. Jackson. The original building, 428 feet long and 180 feet wide, covered almost two acres and con- tained 315 tons of steel and 229,000 square feet of brick surface.
Before the building was entirely finished, two major events were con- ducted there — the commencement exercises of June 1951 and the inaugura- tion of President Ernest L. Wilkinson on October 8, 1951. The official opening and inaugural game was held on Decem- ber 1, 1951, at which President Stephen L Richards was the speaker and the BYU basketball team, which had won the National Invitational Tournament in New York the previous March, won the first game on their new home court by defeating Arizona University 68-62.
Besides the main auditorium section, which was expanded to accommodate 11,000 spectators, the original Field- house also contained two gymnasiums, boxing and wrestling rooms, squash and handball courts, classrooms, and offices. More than an athletic plant, it was used also for graduation exercises, devotional assemblies, student functions, concerts, and civic activities.
In 1959 an annex was built that ex- tended the building 180 feet to the west and provided for an all-weather indoor field for baseball, golf, and track teams.
physical education classes, and intra- mural events.
Another addition was built in 1964 that extended the east end 150 feet and added more handball courts, trainers' rooms, taping and treatment rooms, a physician's office, a steam room, a whirlpool bath, locker rooms, showers, and equipment rooms.
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The George Albert Smith Fieldhouse as it appeared after extensions were added to both east and west ends.
(Top left)
Radio announcers Jim Ludlow and Jimmy Lawrence gave a spade by spade account as Elder Joseph Fielding Smith
and acting BYU President Christen Jensen broke ground for the new Field- house on May 24, 1950, before a crowd of 7,000 sports enthusiasts.
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Construction of the Fieldhouse ran into difficulty because of the high water table on the flat below the hillside. Concrete footings had to be constructed in water as pumps worked constantly to remove the excess.
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The George Albert Smith Fieldhouse under construction in 1950.
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Graduating seniors at the 1950 senior breakfast on commencement day dis- played the Fieldhouse Fund Drive gift pledges they had signed.
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Dr. Wesley P. Lloyd, right, chairman of the fund-raising project for the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse, discusses plans with some of the committee members: Dr. Harold Glen Clark, left; Dr. Weldon J. Taylor; downtown chairman Charles Sessions (seated), and Aura Hatch.
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From 1951 until 1971, the Fieldhouse was the scene of impressive commence- ment ceremonies, as faculty and stu- dents in academic robes formed long processions down the terraced hillside steps to the building. In later years the large numbers of graduates filled the entire playing floor and parts of the balconies and bleachers.
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For twenty years, from 1951 to 1971, BYU varsity and freshman basketball games were played before usually jam- packed crowds of 11,000 in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse.
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Commencement exercises were held in the new Fieldhouse in June, 1951, even before the building was completed, and every spring and summer thereafter un- til the Marriott Center was completed in 1971.
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A section of graduates in caps and gowns in the Fieldhouse formed an in- teresting pattern.
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The George Albert Smith Fieldhouse has served as a building of remarkable versatility and utility, providing for assemblies, convocations, and public events which would not have been pos- sible without such a facility. This is a photograph of one of the "Welcome Back" assemblies which were held at the beginning of each school year, and in which students sat according to their geographic origin.
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This 180-foot annex to the Fieldhouse was constructed in 1959 to provide year-round indoor field practice for track and golf and for baseball teams and intramural activities.
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Floyd R. Taylor, who presided as ticket manager for the Fieldhouse (and who later became athletic business manager), here sells seats for basketball games to the Paul D. Vincent family of Provo.
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A unique assembly program, likely un- matched on any other campus, was con- ducted throughout the 1950s and 1960s, when two assemblies were held each week — devotionals on Tuesdays and forums on Thursdays. General Au- thorities and other Church leaders were speakers at the devotionals, and world figures in science, letters, adventure, government, and the arts lectured in the forums. One-half hour of University credit was given for attendance at each of the series, and the Fieldhouse was filled for most sessions. Assemblies were reduced to one per week in 1971. This is an assembly during the Wilkin- son era.
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Freshman orientation examinations were held in the Fieldhouse gymnasiums.
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The spaciousness of the Fieldhouse also provided an ideal setting for registra- tion before the more streamlined com- puterized processes were inaugurated in the Richards Building.
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(Top)
Young men fly through the air with the greatest of ease in this gymnastics class in the new east extension of the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse.
(Center)
The Women's Gymnasium on lower campus served for physical education classes even after construction of the Fieldhouse in 1951, as seen in this 1955 photograph.
(Bottom)
The flood of students after World War II caused difficulties in providing reli- gious services for the suddenly large stu- dent body. In June, 1947, the Wymount Branch was formed, made up mostly of veterans' families living in Wymount Village. In the accompanying photo- graph many babies await blessing in a fast meeting of the Wymount Branch. In August of the same year a branch was organized for single students, which met in the Smith Building. But all classes were too large, and the or- ganization remained part of the East Provo Stake. It was not until the Wil- kinson administration that campus stakes and wards (later to become branches) were organized.
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The first student radio station at Brig- ham Young University was KBYU, which began broadcasting in October, 1946. Three students in an early radio workshop were: LaRae Collett, left;
Thomas Wheelwright, and Betty Jo Hawkins.
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Dr. Alonzo J. Morley, debate coach in 1946, tells his four talkative debaters to "cool it." The group, which won out- standing success that year, included LaMar Buckner of Ogden, left; R. La- Marr Eggertsen, Provo; Mary Donna Jones, Pocatello, Idaho; and Carma Mendenhall, Springville, Utah.
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These attractive young ladies were drum majorettes in 1945-46.
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The homecoming queen in 1947 was Colleen Kay Hutchins, center, who went on to become Miss America in 1952. Her attendants were Jean Rom- ney, left, and Myrlene Romney.
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Homecoming Queen Colleen Hutchins, with her attendants, Myrlene Romney and Jean Romney, rides the Queen's float in the Homecoming Parade in 1947.
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Guests of the Hawaiian Club in 1946 were Elder and Mrs. Spencer W. Kim- ball (third and fourth from right), with Dr. Gerrit de Jong, Jr., dean of the College of Fine Arts, and President Howard S. McDonald (back row). Elder Kimball became President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in December, 1973.
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This BYU basketball team won the Mountain States Conference champion- ship in 1947-48. Members are, back row: Brady Walker, left; Mel Hutchins, Clark Greenhalgh, Ivan Beem, Joe Weight, Joe Nelson, D. Ray Fullmer; front row: Rand C. Clark, Richard
Montgomery, Ted Thiel, Evan Nielsen, Jay Hamblin, Jack Whipple; kneeling: assistant Coach Wayne Soffe, head Coach Floyd Millet, and Trainer C. Rodney Kimball.
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Returning to Provo after participating in the NAIA tournament in Kansas City, members of the 1947-48 basketball team were welcomed by, among others, actress Colleen Townsend, who was then a BYU coed. Somewhat somber after winning one and losing one in the national tournament, the players in the picture include, left to right: Joe Nel- son, Mel Hutchins, Ike Beem, Ray Full- mer, Randy Clark, and Brady Walker. Nelson, the star of the 1948 club, set a conference scoring record with a total of 37 points in the game against Denver.
(Top right)
After a hard-earned basketball victory over the University of Utah on a cold
night in 1949, a group of overly en- thusiastic students climbed the stairs to the belfrey of the Education Building and pounded the Old Y Bell with heavy hammers. The unusual stress and colliding vibrations within the bell caused it to crack up one side, resulting in a loss of its tone.
That was only one episode in the long, colorful, and sometimes violent history of the old bell, which is eighty-eight years old as the University celebrates its Centennial.
Several bells were forerunners of the Old Y Bell. The first, that hung in the Lewis Building, went down in the fire of 1884 and was never retrieved. A rail- road engine bell rang out hourly class changes in the old ZCMI warehouse un-
til 1888, when James E. Talmage in- stalled battery-operated electric class bells. In the Academy (Education) Building, class changes were announced by a steel triangle in the hall.
In 1912 a cast iron bell thirty-six inches in diameter was purchased from the American Bell Foundry of North- ville, Michigan, but it had a dull sound and was later given to the Maple Dell Boy Scout Camp.
When the Old Tabernacle, or Meet- ing House, was razed in 1919, its fine nickel bell was moved to the tower in the High School (Education) Building. This (the current old Ybell) was cast by the McShane Bell Foundry of Baltimore in 1887 and has a beautiful tone. When it was first installed in the Education Building it was rung by a long rope which hung from the belfrey down through the rooms to the second floor in the hall. Lester B. Whetten (later dean of the General College) and Karl Miller of the Physical Plant Department recall they were assigned to ring the bell for class changes and to proclaim athletic victories. The rope was later replaced by an electrical device designed by J. W. Sauls.
In the accompanying photograph, B. T. Higgs, superintendent of buildings and grounds, poses with the old bell in the Education Building belfry.
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Then came the 1949 incident when the bell was cracked. It was removed and taken to the physical plant shops where it was repaired. Services of two experts were obtained — John Champaux, a traveling instructor from the Oxyweld Company, and Frank Hemingway, a welder from the Union Pacific Railroad shops. The entire bell was placed in a brick oven and heated to a high tem- perature while the welding was per- formed; then it was allowed to cool slowly.
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Student Jack Cowan examined the Old Y Bell after it was repaired and stored in the boiler room of the heating plant. The scar of its welded crack is visible.
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Before it was placed in a permanent tower, the Y Bell was towed around town on a trailer and rung after athletic victories by the Intercollegiate Knights. Performing the honor on this occasion were Lynn Hemingway, Robert Mitchell, Roger Victor, and Blaine Palmer.
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During the 1950s it was traditional for graduating seniors to take a last nos- talgic trek around campus the day be- fore commencement. At the end of the Senior Trek each student had the oppor- tunity to ring the Old Y Bell to an- nounce his personal victory.
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On occasion the Old Y Bell even par- ticipated in parades.
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The bell and trailer were stolen in the spring of 1958 and discovered six months later in a field west of Spring- ville. After this incident, the student body took action, and the bell was per- manently suspended in a steel tower located on the west side of the campus near the edge of the hill. The Y Bell Tower was dedicated during the Home- coming assembly of 1959.
But the bell's troubles were not over. On February 4, 1973, the bell came tumbling down as it was being rung after the dedication of the Marriott Center. The yoke suspending the bell had broken. The bell was extensively cracked, and the top was broken out. This time repair appeared impossible, but it was again hauled to the physical plant shops, where another welding job was attempted by Ray Mortensen, a welder; Elmo Croft, a machinist; Evan Miner, a student assistant; and J. Petty Jones, foreman. After another carefully controlled cooling period, the bell was again mounted in the tower. It carries a few scars, but its tone is as good as ever.
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In the 1930s Dr. Carlton Culmsee wrote the words to music composed about the bell by Professor William H. Hanson, who was also composer of "The College Song" (words by Annie Pike Green- wood) and the Timpanogos-based opera, "The Bleeding Heart."
THE OLD Y BELL
There's only one note in the iron throat Of the Old Y Bell,
But round and sweet are the strokes that beat
And boom and swell.
And all year long there's only one song,
But the Old bell rings it clear:
"Good will to youth in quest of truth,
You are welcome here."
Another song about the bell, both words and music, was composed by Clyde D. Sandgren (accompanying photograph), also composer of "The Cougar Song." Sandgren was a gradu- ate of 1937, former president of the Alumni Association for four years, and University general counsel and vice- president since 1954. His song was sung at the dedication of the new bell tower in 1959, at which President Sand- gren also gave the dedicatory prayer.
THE OLD Y BELL
Beloved Alma Mater, your voice is dear to me;
It echoes from a tower where a bell swings free.
Today and through the ages, this anthem will be sung,
Your fame to praise, our song we raise to Brigham Young.
The Old Y Bell rings out o'er the valley wide,
A welcoming call to one and all who seek learning.
The Old Y Bell rings out from the mountainside,
A bid to all youth to find the truth of life's yearning.
Ring loud! Ring true! Ring out for BYU! Ring far! Ring near! Ring long and clear! VJe love to hear The Old Y Bell resound to a victory.
Our pledge we renew to guard over you, The Old Y Bell.
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"Alma Pater," the pep song of BYU, was written in 1931, with words by Glenn Potter and music by Walt Daniels. It was sung often and loudly by the student body at athletic events and other occasions until 1947 and since that time has been played by the band frequently but not sung. Sung to a very quick rhythm, the lyrics were:
We praise our Alma Mater, our Alma Mammy too,
We cheer for Yale and Harvard, with a boola boola boo,
You've heard the "Sons of U tah," the A.C. anthems sung,
So here's a song we offer at the shrine of Brigham Young.
Our Alma Pater for you we're fighting To hear our Cougars scream victory.
His fangs are dripping with blood of battle, Come on we'll FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! for thee.
It's in your honor we cheer our warriors, Our songs are ringing, our banners flung, We're sons of Brigham, united ever,
To fight for Brigham Young.
"The Cougar Song," by Clyde Sandgren, replaced the "Alma Pater" as the fight and pep song in 1947. The familiar "Rise and Shout" strains greet the team at the opening of every game, and are often heard also on radio and television as the BYU theme song and background music:
Rise, all loyal Cougars and hurl your challenge to the foe
You will fight day or night, rain or snow. Stalwart men and true wear the white and blue,
While we sing get set to spring,
Come on, Cougars, its up to you.
Oh! Rise and shout, the Cougars are out Along the trail to fame and glory.
Rise and shout, our cheers will ring out As you unfold your victory story.
On you go to vanquish the foe
For Alma Mater's sons and daughters.
As we join in song in praise of you our faith is strong.
We'll raise our colors high in the blue And cheer our Cougars ofBYU.
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The Great Expansion
1951-1971
When Dr. Ernest Leroy Wilkinson took over the reins of Brigham Young Uni- versity in 1951, he already had built a successful career and a national reputa- tion as an attorney.
He began the practice of law in 1928 as an associate of the Honorable Charles Evans Hughes, later Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Later Dr. Wilkinson moved to Washington, D.C., where he organized his own law firm.
As attorney for the Ute Indians he handled one case lasting over sixteen years, in which he put into evidence testimony and exhibits aggregating over 34,000 pages. That case, together with three others, resulted in four judgments totalling $31,500,000.
The Honorable Seth Richardson, who had been assistant attorney general in charge of defending Indian tribal claims against the government, testified that the amount and quality of service ren- dered by Dr. Wilkinson and his asso- ciates "almost staggers our imagination .... I never saw anything like this in my life. ... To me the amount of services rendered here is almost impossible for the ordinary mind to grasp."
Dr. Wilkinson was born in Ogden, Utah, on May 4, 1899, a son of Robert and Cecilia Anderson Wilkinson, his father a native of Scotland and his mother of Danish ancestry. He received his early education in Ogden schools and Weber College, graduated from Brigham Young University in 1921, and served as a private in the U.S. Army in 1918.
He graduated from George Washing- ton University Law School, summa cum laude, in 1926 and received the degree of Doctor of Juridical Science at Harvard University in 1927.
It was at BYU that he met Alice Lud- low, and they were married in 1923. They became parents of three sons and two daughters, all of whom attended BYU.
He was a member of the faculty of Weber College from 1921 to 1923; of the faculty of Business High School in Washington, D.C. from 1923 to 1926; and superintendent of Camp Good Will
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at Washington in 1925. He was ad- mitted to the Washington, D.C., Bar in 1926; the Utah Bar in 1927; the New York Bar in 1928; and he held a pro- fessorship in law at New Jersey Law School from 1927 to 1933. He was chairman of the Fellows of the American Bar Association for the State of Utah.
While in the East he served as presi- dent of Manhattan Queens Branch of the LDS Church, bishop of Queens Ward, and a member of the Washington Stake Presidency.
With a national reputation as an attorney. Dr. Wilkinson took office at BYU in February 1951, and his twenty- year administration was interrupted only once; that was in 1964 when he unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate.
In those twenty years he gained na- tional fame as he built BYU into the largest church-related university in the United States, and enrollment grew from 4,654 in 1950 to 25,021 in 1970, accompanied by an amazing building program, an expansion of the faculty and the curriculum, and by special programs.
Under his forceful guidance, the cam- pus grew to a spacious, beautiful plant of more than 300 buildings with over five million square feet of floor space.
He considered as probably the great- est accomplishment during his adminis- tration the organization on campus of wards and stakes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — a plan which he proposed to the Church lead- ers. When he became president, one branch of the Church existed on cam- pus; in 1971 ten stakes with ninety- eight wards were operating.
President Wilkinson also placed great emphasis on scholarship; during his administration the curriculum was com- pletely revised. The original five col- leges were expanded to thirteen: Bio- logical and Agricultural Sciences, Busi- ness, Education, Family Living, Fine Arts and Communications, General College, Humanities, Industrial and Technical Education, Nursing, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Physical Edu- cation, Religious Education, and Social
Sciences. In addition the Graduate School, Continuing Education, Research Division, and Computer Services were incorporated.
To the bachelor's and master's de- grees were added the associate and doc- tor's degrees. The school changed from the quarter system to the semester sys- tem, scholarships were expanded, and the Honors Program was established. Under his aegis many other programs were added, such as Army and Air Force ROTC, the weekly forum of great speakers, the Indian Education Pro- gram, intramural sports, youth leader- ship courses, the Master of Business Administration program, the Institute of Government Service, the Institute of Mormon Studies, the Institute of Book of Mormon Studies, Asian Studies, Latin-American Studies, and many others.
In recognition of his accomplish- ments, the BYU Board of Trustees named the spacious student activities building the Ernest L. Wilkinson Center at dedication ceremonies on April 3, 1965. The Board also conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws in 1957, and he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Public Service from the University of Ft. Lauderdale in June, 1970, and the honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Grove City College, Penn- sylvania, in 1971.
In addition to being president of BYU, he was chancellor of the Unified Church School System from 1953 to 1964. The Church School System consisted of a junior college, 161 institutes of religion near universities and colleges, 1,658 seminaries near high schools, the LDS Business College, the Brigham Young Laboratory School, and, in Mexico, two academies and twenty-four elementary schools.
A figure of national importance. Dr. Wilkinson was a member of the Na- tional Committee of Army and Navy Chaplains from 1947 to 1950; a member of the governor's committee represent- ing Utah to the White House Conference on Education in 1955; a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in
1956, 1960, 1968, and 1972; a member of the Resolutions Committee for the Republican National Convention in
1960 and 1968; a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce committees on Government Expenditures from 1952 to 1958, and on National Defense in 1959; an Overseer of Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge, and president of The Na- tional Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. He was also a board mem- ber of many business and civic or- ganizations.
He served as president of the Ameri- can Association of Independent College and University Presidents from 1968 to 1969, and in that capacity testified in behalf of private universities and col- leges before the Senate Finance Com- mittee to preserve financial aids to edu- cation during hearings for the Tax Reform Bill.
High honor came to Dr. Wilkinson in
1961 when he was awarded the George Washington Medal by the Freedom Foundation for his address to the Na- tional Chamber of Commerce on free enterprise, and again in 1971 for his address to the Oakland Rotary Club. In 1963 at a public dinner at the Hotel Utah he received the highest award of the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies.
His resignation was accepted by the Board of Trustees on March 9, 1971, effective at the end of that school year. He subsequently accepted an assign- ment to write the comprehensive history of Brigham Young University.
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At the seventy-fifth anniversary con- vocation in the Joseph Smith Building auditorium on October 16, 1950, Presi- dent J. Reuben Clark, Jr. (at the pulpit), introduced Dr. Ernest L. Wilkinson as the new president of Brigham Young University. Church President George Albert Smith is at right, and at far left are Elders Richard L. Evans and Henry D. Moyle. The Diamond Jubilee lasted two days. On the following day, Octo- ber 17, 1950, the Carl F. Eyring Science Center was named and dedicated.
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Heading the academic procession of the official seventy-fifth anniversary con- vocation on October 16, 1950, were Dr. Rufus Von Kleinschmidt, left; president of the University of Southern California and visiting speaker; Dr. Ernest L. Wilkinson, who was introduced on this day for the first time as the new presi- dent of BYU but who did not take office until the following February; and Church President George Albert Smith, who presided at the services in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building auditorium.
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For the BYU Diamond Jubilee, the Alumni Association distributed this souvenir dinner plate, made of fine china and decorated in blue and beige tones. The design presented six of the University buildings around the rim and a representation in the center of Karl G. Maeser pointing to Provo in a geography lesson. The preliminary de- sign was sketched by Jennie Knight Mangum, chairman of the plate com- mittee, and finished by the manufac- turers. Only two thousand of the souvenir plates were made.
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Dr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Wilkinson posed with their children for the official family portrait when Dr. Wilkinson took over the BYU helm: Mrs. Wilkinson, left; Marian, Alice Ann, Ernest Ludlow, David Lawrence, Douglas Dwight, and President Wilkinson. Photo by Glogau.
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Leading the procession from the Maeser Memorial Building to the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse for the inauguration of President Ernest L. Wilkinson on October 8, 1951, were Church President
David O. McKay and President Wilkin- son; President Stephen L Richards, first counselor to President McKay, who delivered the charge; Wilbur LaRoe, Jr., prominent Washington, D.C., attorney, who delivered the address and received an Honorary Doctor of Humanities de- gree at the services; President J. Reuben Clark, Jr., second counselor to President McKay; former BYU President Howard S. McDonald; President Joseph Fielding Smith; former BYU acting President Christen Jensen; and University of Utah President A. Ray Olpin. The day also included the registration of delegates, an inaugural luncheon in the Social Hall, a reception for the President and Mrs. Wilkinson in the Joseph Smith Building, and the inaugural ball in the Joseph Smith Building Ballroom and the Social Hall.
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Not all of the balconies had been con- structed in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse when inauguration cere- monies for President Ernest L. Wilkin- son were held on October 8, 1951.
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President and Mrs. Wilkinson at home on inauguration day, October 8, 1951.
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This was a scene at the luncheon in the Social Hall on President Wilkinson's inauguration day.
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This was the reception line in the Joseph Smith Building as friends and digni- taries filed by to wish President and Mrs. Wilkinson well. Mrs. Wilkinson can be seen through the crowd near the door.
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The inaugural ball in the Social Hall. Another ball was in progress at the Joseph Smith Building.
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President and Mrs. Ernest L. Wilkinson in their first Homecoming Parade, 1951.
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Indian tribal leaders visiting the state always made it a point to visit President Wilkinson, who had represented their people in the courts.
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President Wilkinson proved to be an iron man in the handshaking depart- ment. Every year at registration time he stationed himself at the entrance to the Fieldhouse on the day the freshmen signed up, shook hands with every new student, and conversed with most of them about their hometowns and families.
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Church President David O. McKay, who received an Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree on the occasion, kisses a small girl who had placed a lei around his neck at commencement exercises in June, 1951, in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse. At left is Elder Joseph Fielding Smith, who re- ceived the Honorary Doctor of Litera- ture degree; Walther Mathesius, super- intendent of Geneva Steel Corporation, who received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree; President Stephen L Richards, counselor of President McKay; and BYU President Ernest L. Wilkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Mathesius contributed generously toward a fund for outstand- ing musical artists and organizations at BYU. President Richards received the Honorary Doctor of Law degree in 1953.
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Since the beginning of the Wilkinson administration, the approach of the autumn term each year has been marked by a faculty preschool workshop of two or three days, which has involved, in addition to regular instructional ses- sions, an address by a member of the General Authorities of the Church and a luncheon or supper for the entire faculty and staff. At the preschool workshop on September 19, 1953, special speaker in the Joseph Smith Building auditorium was Church President David O. McKay. After the session, in a Western theme
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spoof, he and Mrs. McKay were rounded up by a security guard of two "sheriffs" — Dr. George H. Hansen, left, of geol- ogy, and Dr. Ariel S. Williams, director of the Student Health Center — who escorted them to a chuckwagon luncheon and took them on a turn around the campus in a horse-drawn buggy.
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Every year at the preschool conference for the entire faculty and staff, the BYU Food Services perform a minor miracle by serving 4,000 to 5,000 persons in about fifteen minutes. This was one such setup in the 1960s in the Field- house Annex as the food service crews awaited the onrush of thousands of hungry diners.
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Following an assembly address on May 9, 1961, in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse, Church President David O. McKay was surrounded by admiring faculty members and students.
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Dr. Flarvey Fletcher, father of stereo-
phonic sound and one of the world's most honored scientists, here supervises work of graduate student Ted Crowther in the anechoic chamber beneath the Eyring Science Center. Dr. Fletcher graduated from BYU in 1907 and in 1911 received the Ph.D. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Chi- cago, the first physics student to re-
ceive this high honor. While at Chicago he worked with Dr. Robert A. Millikan on the problem of isolating the electron, and he built an apparatus to pass an electric charge through a field of atomized oil. In 1910 the results of their work were announced, and the research won for Dr. Millikan the Nobel prize and opened the vast field of elec- tronics.
From 1911 to 1916 Dr. Fletcher headed the Department of Physics at BYU. In 1916 he went to Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he served as di- rector of physical research until 1949; then he became professor of electrical engineering at Columbia University.
He returned to BYU in 1952 as di- rector of research, and when the College of Physical and Engineering Sciences was formed in 1954, he was appointed its first dean. The Harvey Fletcher Engineering Science Laboratory Build- ing was named in his honor.
It was his belief that a sense of space might be conveyed to an audience by the use of separate sound channels from originating states. He first demon- strated such a system in 1933 between Philadelphia and Washington and a similar one with wider frequencies in New York in 1941, giving rise to the field of stereophonic sound. He di- rected the development of the audiometer and was first to introduce it into the classroom for the mass testing of the hearing of schoolchildren.
He has to his credit more than twenty inventions in sound that range from stereophonic devices to those enabling the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak. Millions over the world benefit from his contributions to telephone, radio, mo- tion pictures, and the hearing aid. He has been honored by the President of the United States for contributions to the nation's defense and by dozens of universities and professional associa- tions. His first wife, Lorena Chipman Fletcher, was named American Mother of the year, 1965. She died in 1967, and in 1969 he married Fern Chipman Eyring, Lorena's sister and widow of Carl F. Eyring.
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Dr. T. Earl Pardoe, second from left, who had served as chairman of the Depart- ment of Speech and Dramatic Arts since 1919, received the felicitations of Presi- dent Ernest L. Wilkinson on March 22, 1952, when Pardoe relinquished the chairmanship after thirty-three years. Sharing the occasion was Mrs. Pardoe, who was a speech faculty member from 1934 to the late 1960s, and Mayor Earl J. Glade of Salt Lake City, formerly a student and faculty member at BYU. Dr. Pardoe continued to teach and served with the Alumni Association un- til his death in 1971 at age 86. He al- ways kept track of BYU students in the armed services. He was BYU's first tennis coach (1920-28); he organized and directed the first school radio sta- tion in the Rocky Mountains, and he organized and directed the first BYU European tour.
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Vivian Hansen, first dean of the BYU College of Nursing, confers on her arrival in 1952 with Dr. Vasco M. Tan- ner, left (chairman of the Zoology De- partment and coordinator of all health- related activities), and President Ernest L. Wilkinson. She served two years, launching the College with a curriculum, classrooms, new uniforms, and coordi- nation for course work in Salt Lake City and Provo hospitals. Other deans of the College have been Bernice Chapman, 1954-61; Dr. Beulah Ream Allen, 1961- 65; Linnea Morrison, 1965-67; Elaine Murphy, 1967-70; and Maxine J. Cope, since 1970. The College is accredited by the National League for Nursing.
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The nursing program at BYU at first was entirely a four-year course leading to the baccalaureate degree. After their first year on campus, when the student nurses were to leave for study in the LDS Hospital and Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, a program
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and reception for them was held in the Joseph Smith Building auditorium (ac- companying photograph). In 1963 a two-year nursing education program was instituted, designed to prepare students to become registered nurses. Under Dean Maxine J. Cope a "ladder curriculum" was adopted whereby all of the students complete the two-year pro- gram for technical work. Those who wish to go on for professional training continue at the University two more years for the baccalaureate degree. These advanced nurses can make in- dependent judgments, perform examina- tions and screenings, make referrals, and perform service in critical hospital areas. Such practitioners are valuable in the expanded medical missionary program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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After starting in a temporary building and moving several times, the nursing program with its laboratories was finally set up with excellent permanent facilities in the Joseph F. Smith Family Living Center.
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In this 1957 photograph President Ernest L. Wilkinson, left, studied cam- pus plans with three of his vice-presi- dents: Dr. Harvey L. Taylor, William E. Berrett, and Dr. William F. Edwards. Formerly superintendent of Mesa, Ari- zona, schools. Dr. Taylor joined the BYU administration in 1953 and later became administrator of Church Schools. President Berrett, formerly an attorney, was also vice-administrator of the Unified Church School System and in 1963 was named administrator of Institutes and Seminaries. Dr. Edwards was dean of the College of Business, 1950-57.
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Ben E. Lewis, former BYU student body president who joined the BYU adminis- tration in 1952, worked with Leland Perry, right, on the spectacular campus building expansion until 1957, when Mr. Perry left for a mission. Perry joined the BYU staff as director of the Physical Plant in 1947 and after his mission was a physical plant official at Ricks College, BYU, and the Church School System.
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Ben Lewis, executive vice-president, and Sam F. Brewster, an international authority on physical plants who be- came director of BYU Physical Plant in 1957, were the field generals in the in- tensive construction campaign. Mr. Brewster retired in 1974. Since 1952 Ben Lewis has been in charge of the vast BYU business operation (housing, food service, financial services, the physical plant, and others).
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Two noted BYU zoologists. Dr. Dorald M. Allred, left, and Dr. D. Elden Beck, observe some of the nearly one million specimens used for instruction and re- search in BYU collections. From 1959 to 1964 they conducted a study for the U.S. government of the effects of the Nevada nuclear bomb tests on the na- tive animals of that desert region.
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Weaving looms were bought by the Alumni Association in 1952 as a fi- nancial aid to students, who wove and sold fabrics. Observing the loom here in an upper room of the Eyring Science Center were: Vice-president William F.
Edwards, far left; Mrs. Ernest L. Wilkin- son and Mrs. Edwards; Dr. Ariel S. Ballif (sociology) and Mrs. Ballif; and President Ernest L. Wilkinson. At far right is W. Cleon Skousen, then Alumni Association secretary, who promoted the idea.
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Wells and Myrle Cloward, who left their restaurant business in August, 1953, to take over management of the BYU Food Services, here watch one of their chefs, Richard Miller, slice beef for serving in the Wilkinson Center. Since 1953 the Clowards have been partners in en- larging and improving the food service as the University has grown. Wells directs the entire operation on campus, while his wife directs the Wilkinson Center Food Service administration. Since 1970 about six million meals have been prepared on campus during the fall and winter semesters from Septem- ber through April, an average of 25,000 meals a day. In fact, the BYU program is the largest single consolidated food service organization west of the Mis- sissippi River. A total of 180 full-time employees and 575 part-time students prepare and serve the millions of meals and service the 352 vending machines on campus. Both the Cannon Center and Wilkinson Center have received Institutions National Award for food service excellence, while the Food Ser- vice Division as a whole has received the School and College Award of Ex- cellence. Mr. Cloward was awarded the Association of College and University Food Service Achievement Award.
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President George H. Brimhall suggested the establishment of a BYU Women's group in 1914 and appointed Mrs. El- bert H. Eastmond to organize it. BYU Women have operated with vigor since that time to build sociability, culture, and University support among the BYU women employees and wives of faculty and staff members. This photograph was taken in about 1960 at a BYU Women's luncheon meeting in the Joseph Smith Building ballroom.
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Twenty-one former presidents of the BYU Women were present at a meeting of the group in October, 1954, in the ballrooms of the Joseph Smith Building. Present were, front row, left to right: Elsie C. Carroll, Elma Young, Lorna Jensen Harrison, Maurine F. Bryner, Hattie T. Snow, Estelle S. Harris, Eleanor Berrett; second row: Elizabeth C. Sauls, Julia T. Marshall, Ivie Gamer Jensen, Lillian C. Booth, Sarah P. Worsley, Madelene Sessions, Afton A. Hansen; third row: Mable H. Clark,
Naomi N. Robertson, Hermese Peter- son, Belle H. Hales, Margaret Bigelow, Ruth Christensen, and Fern C. Eyring.
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This stainless steel time capsule, fabri- cated in the shops of the Geneva Steel Works, was lowered into a concrete vault on April 30, 1958, near the Smith Family Living Center, to be opened in October, 1975, the one hundredth birth- day of BYU. Supervising the job here are President Ernest L. Wilkinson, left; Vice-President Harvey L. Taylor, and Dean of Students Wesley P. Lloyd. The capsule contains names of donors to the Student Destiny Fund and artifacts.
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C. Edwin Dean, left, and Dr. Gary Carl- son, right, supervise a technician in the installation of new computer equipment on December 11, 1967, in the Smoot Building.
The Brigham Young University Com- puter Services started in 1958 as the Computer Research Center in the Mae- ser Building, then moved at various times to the Joseph F. Smith Family Living Center, the Jesse Knight Build-
ing, the Smoot Administration Building (in 1964), and to its present location in the James E. Talmage Mathematics and Computer Science Building in 1971, each time receiving larger and more sophisticated equipment. It has grown to be one of the largest and most ver- satile centers in the Western United States.
The addition in 1973 was the big IBM360/365 computer with forty ter- minals throughout campus. In all there were in 1974 more than twenty com- puters on campus in addition to the big central center, including a Digital Equipment Corporation computer in the Engineering Science and Technology Building with fifty terminals throughout campus. These were all part of Com- puter Services under the direction of Dr. Gary Carlson. Still, the facilities are not adequate to keep up with the increasing need of faculty and students. The com-
puters are in use twenty-four hours a day, six days a week.
In 1963 Dr. Gary Carlson became head of the Computer Research Center, which was reorganized in 1969 into Computer Services (headed by Dr. Carlson) and the Computer Science De- partment— for academic training of students leading to degrees in the sci- ence— headed by C. Edwin Dean. Forty-two departments on campus in- clude some use of the computers in their curricula.
The BYU computers can play more than one hundred games, from chess to three dimensional tic-tac-toe, and can solve many business management prob- lems. They can produce synthetic sounds of orchestral instruments, trans- late many foreign languages into En- glish and back again, work out the most complicated scientific problems from research on binary stars to engineering
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problems to analysis of archaeological pottery fragments and simultaneously produce the University's payroll, per- sonnel records, grade reports, and class schedules for 25,000 students.
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The march of the Mormon Battalion, one of the most heroic and soul-stirring events in American history, was por- trayed in a gigantic musical play, "Sand in Their Shoes," produced in the sum- mers of 1959 and 1960 in the old BYU stadium, with a cast of more than 700. The talents of outstanding BYU artists were combined in its creation. Dr. Crawford Gates, composer of the Utah Centennial production "Promised Val- ley," composed the score to lyrics by Don Oscarson, BYU alumnus; and Dr. Harold I. Hansen, who has produced the Hill Cumorah Pageant for many years, was general director. Here Dr. Gates, left, and Dr. Hansen plan the production with the use of a model stage.
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This was a touching scene in "Sand in Their Shoes," as the men marched away, leaving the women pioneers alone. It was presented on this gigantic stage, only 25 feet short of the entire football field. The stage was designed by Al Sensenbach of Stanford University. Eugene Loring, top choreographer of Hollywood and Broadway, directed the dance. Dr. Harvey Fletcher, first dean of the BYU College of Engineering and Physical Sciences and father of stereo- phonic sound, worked out the special sound system with speakers large enough for a man to walk into.
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Leads in the dramatic and singing roles of "Sand in Their Shoes" for the 1960 version of the gigantic musical play were, front row, left to right: Lorna
Erickson, Patricia Judd, and Ida Lou Cheney; back row: Lael Woodbury,
Ray Wood, Walter Richardson, and Wayne Keith.
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The unmasking of Cosmo the Cougar, the costumed mascot whose antics make merriment at all football and basketball games, is a ritual at the closing basket- ball game each year. But guess who emerged from the cougar suit in 1960? President Ernest L. Wilkinson! He was aided by Student Body President Rex E. Lee, right, who in 1971 became the first dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School.
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Following the whitewashing of the block Y on Y Day in May, 1953, the festivities during the afternoon in the stadium turned to games. This was the finish of a pie-eating contest between Colonel Jesse E. Stay, commander of the first Air Force ROTC unit on campus; Vivian Hansen, first director of the School of Nursing (later College of Nursing); Reed Nielsen, assistant foot- ball coach; and Dean of Students Wesley P. Lloyd.
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With the rapid growth of BYU came the need for a security force. President Wilkinson searched for a chief and in 1952 appointed Captain Leonard E. Christensen, who at that time was chief of campus security at the University of California at Los Angeles, previously commander of the West Los Angeles Detective Division. (He was once shot in the arm in a stakeout of truck hi- jackers.) At first he was the only se- curity officer, other than nightwatch- men, but he built up a force of twenty trained uniformed officers with am- bulance, patrol cars, and other equip- ment, "not to control the students but to protect them." He served for ten years.
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Captain Christensen was succeeded in 1961 by Swen Nielsen (seen here teach- ing a group in self-defense), formerly a paratrooper and a Los Angeles City Police investigator and a teacher in police science. He built up a sixty-man BYU operation into one of the model units in the nation in motivation, or- ganization, training, equipment, and ability. He became president of the nation's campus security directors, and resigned from BYU in January, 1974, to become Provo police chief.
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Robert W. Kelshaw, assistant chief, suc- ceeded Swen Nielsen as BYU chief of Security Police, with a staff of sixty employees, including full-time and part- time officers, traffic clerks, dispatchers, and secretaries. He has FBI certification and is a Utah National Guard Military Police training officer.
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A security officer at work on BYU campus.
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This was the Brigham Young University campus in 1954, early in the administra- tion of President Ernest L. Wilkinson. The fieldhouse and stadium are in the foreground, and the David O. McKay Building is under construction at the top of the hill. East of the Eyring Science Center are the many temporary, war- surplus building which remained in use until about 1960. They included the North Building (E shaped), the Wy- mount Cafeteria, the Press Building, the Speech Center, and the cluster of resi- dences called D-Dorms and Wymount Village. The first sixteen of the Heritage halls (top of photo) had just been com- pleted.
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One of the first major projects pushed through by President Ernest L. Wilkin- son in his building campaign was the Heritage Halls group-living apartments for women. The name was the winning suggestion of Kathy Bassett, San Fran- cisco, and Glenna Rae Mitchell, Lawn- dale, California, dwellers in one of the halls. The first sixteen buildings of the group were built in 1952 and were dedi- cated with six other buildings on May 26, 1954, by President David O. McKay. Each of these buildings has ten apart- ments with six women students per unit, in which they do their own cook- ing and housekeeping. All of the build- ings are named for prominent Latter- day Saint women.
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A second group of eight Heritage Halls apartment buildings was constructed in 1956 and dedicated on May 7 , 1957 (in a group with four other buildings), by President Joseph Fielding Smith. The newer units are larger than the first six- teen, with three floors instead of two, bringing the total Heritage Halls accom- modations to 1,536. The cost of the eight new halls was about two million dollars, which, added to the cost of the original sixteen halls, brought the total to about five million dollars. The archi- tect was Fred L. Markham, and the builders were Christiansen Brothers of Salt Lake City.
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President Ernest L. Wilkinson greets two of the noted Latter-day Saint wom- en for whom two of the Heritage Halls were named at dedication ceremonies on May 7, 1957. They are Lavina C. Fugal, left, American Mother of 1955, school- teacher, mother of eight, and Church and civic worker; and Elsie C. Carroll, a teacher of English at BYU for twenty- two years, mother of two, poetess, au- thoress of many stories and articles and lessons, and worker in professional and civic organizations.
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This aerial photograph shows the ar- rangement of the twenty-four Heritage Halls group-living residences for wom- en, with Wymount Village, consisting of temporary war surplus buildings, beyond.
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Coeds in the Heritage Halls women's residences learn cooking, housekeeping, and personal adjustment. Here it is dessert time for these six apartment dwellers (1968): Helen Yazzie, left,
Sanders, Arizona; Penny Hubbard, Bountiful, Utah; Duchesne Pettet, Tampa, Florida; Martha Lowry, Okemos, Michigan; Patty Burton, Berkeley, California; and at the tele- phone, Dianne Chryst, Bountiful, Utah.
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Using a huge press in the Harvey Fletcher Building, engineering students test the stress capabilities of various materials.
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The Harvey Fletcher Engineering Sci- ences Laboratory Building was con- structed in 1953 and added to in 1954 and 1955. It is an H-shaped building whose four wings originally contained laboratories of the Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering Science Departments. The central core consists of offices. When the Engineer- ing Science and Technology Building was constructed in 1974, the offices and many of the engineering laboratories were moved to the new building.
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Herald R. Clark spoke at the ribbon cutting and opening of the building named in his honor in March, 1953. It was dedicated with twenty-two other buildings on May 26, 1954. Dean Clark, who had been a student at BYU, joined the faculty in 1913 as an instructor in accounting and was dean of the College of Commerce (later Business) from 1934 to 1951. The Herald R. Clark Building was paid for largely from profits of the Bookstore during his managership. Dean Clark was a member of the lyceum concert committee from 1913 until his death in 1966 and was responsible for an outstanding record of bringing the world's finest artists and musical or- ganizations to Provo.
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Although it is not generally known, the Herald R. Clark Building was originally constructed as a wing for a new ad- ministration building. However, just at that time the campus master plan was changed, and the structure became an independent building. It was designed as a bookstore to serve the fast-growing student body and served in this capacity until construction of the Wilkinson Center in 1965. Also housed in the building were the campus Post Office, the Placement Bureau, the Purchasing Department, the Housing Office, the Journalism Department, the Student Coordinator office, student offices, student publications, the Extension Division, Audio-Visual Aids, and the Campus Development Office.
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The Bookstore (Student Supply) in the Herald R. Clark Building was jammed on the day of its opening, March 21, 1953.
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The LDS Business College and the McCune School of Music and Art, both educational institutions of the Church in Salt Lake City, became branches of BYU in 1952, but were separated from the University in 1957. The Business College, located on the campus of the old LDS University across the street from the Temple, was supervised by the BYU College of Business; and the Mc- Cune School, operated in the beautiful old McCune Mansion at First North and Main Street, came under the pur- view of the College of Fine Arts. Dur- ing those years, the McCune School
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and the BYU Lyceum Committee co- sponsored many outstanding concerts in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, such as Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, the Berlin Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, and The Philadelphia Orchestra. The Business College continues at present at its new location at 411 East South Temple. The McCune School was dis- continued, and the old mansion was occupied by the BYU Salt Lake Center of the Division of Continuing Education.
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This was the crowd at the ground- breaking ceremonies for the David O. McKay Building on March 8, 1954, as seen from the upper floor of the Eyring Science Center. Notice there was noth- ing between the campus and Utah Val- ley Hospital.
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Church President David O. McKay views the building which carries his name. It was begun on March 8, 1954, and completed nine months later. Dedi- cation was held on December 14, 1954. The structure houses the College of Education and appropriately was named for President McKay because of his long service as a teacher — both pro- fessionally and in the Church.
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President David O. McKay hands Mrs. McKay the scissors at the ribbon-cutting ceremonies opening the David O. Mc- Kay Building. Present also were BYU President Ernest L. Wilkinson, far left; President Stephen L Richards, first counselor in the First Presidency; and J. Reuben Clark, Jr., second counselor in the First Presidency.
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In addition to housing the College of Education and its many offices, class- rooms, and laboratories, the David O. McKay Building is also headquarters for the language departments, including modern language laboratories, such as this one photographed in 1954. The Department of Asian and Slavic Lan- guages includes Chinese, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Thai. In the Classical, Biblical, and Middle Eastern Languages are taught Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Syriac, Turkish, and Ugaritic. Included in other modern language areas are French, Italian, Ger- man, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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The Howard S. McDonald Student Health Center, named for the fifth presi- dent of BYU, was dedicated on May 7, 1957, with twelve other buildings, by President Joseph Fielding Smith. When it first opened, it accommodated the Health Center on the upper floor and headquarters of the Air Force ROTC on the lower floor. It contains a complete clinic with patient rooms for diagnosis and treatment of BYU students.
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The botanical laboratory building was also dedicated on May 7, 1957, and was named the Benjamin Cluff, Jr., Plant Science Laboratory in honor of the third principal of Brigham Young Academy and first president of the University. Located on Eighth North Street between Fifth and Sixth East, it is used by the Botany and Range Science, the Agron- omy, and the Horticulture departments and contains laboratories, greenhouses, offices, and classrooms.
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The Joseph F. Smith Family Living Center, designed for the promotion of family life and for professional training in home sciences, houses the Depart- ments of Sociology and Psychology, the College of Nursing, and the College of Family Living. The cost of the building was about two million dollars. With approximately 100,000 square feet of floor space, it has twenty classrooms, twenty-eight laboratories, and seventy- seven offices. The building was de- signed by Fred L. Markham and was built by the Christiansen Brothers. It went into operation for the winter quarter of 1956 and was dedicated on May 7, 1957, along with the buildings just mentioned, by President Joseph Fielding Smith.
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A novel way to stage a groundbreaking was introduced on September 29, 1955, when the dignitaries were lifted by a huge crane and suspended on a plat- form in midair for the ceremonies be- ginning the Joseph F. Smith Family Living Center.
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The telephone exchange for the campus is located in the basement of the Joseph F. Smith Family Living Center. In the early days of its operation, when it con- nected all of the campus housing in addition to offices and laboratories, it was the largest private exchange in the Intermountain area.
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This is the Leah D. Widtsoe Multipur- pose Area in the Joseph F. Smith Family Living Center, named for the wife of Elder John A. Widtsoe. Mrs. Widtsoe took her degree from Brigham Young Academy in 1899 — Utah's first student of domestic science — and later assumed charge of the department. Other spe- cially named areas in the building are the Effie Warnick Homemaking Educa- tion Room, the Marion C. Pfund (dean) Experimental Food Laboratory, the Mary W. Hunt Small Dining Room, the Elizabeth C. Sauls Quantity Food Laboratory, the May Billings Advanced Clothing Construction Laboratory, the Margaret Vilate Elliot History of Cos- tume Room, and the Zina Y. Williams Card Free Sewing Laboratory.
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A feature of the Joseph F. Smith Family Living Center which has attracted much attention is the nursery, where univer- sity students in child development have opportunity for first-hand observation. The nursery area also has a system of one-way glass so that the children can be observed when not under supervision.
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The Smith Family Living Center is equipped with the finest facilities for food science and nutrition, large-quan- tity cooking, dietetics, clothing and textiles, child development, family economics, and home management.
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The building is also the home of the College of Nursing and the Department of Psychology.
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Rollo S. Jones, manager, looks over part of the 643-acre farm south of Spanish Fork, which BYU acquired in 1957 to provide experience for students in the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences. Max V. Wallentine is assis- tant dean and director of the farm. In addition, there is the Animal Science Center north of the main campus. On these farms the students learn how to cope with problems in weed infestation, fertility, drainage, irrigation, topog- raphy, feed production and storage, animal nutrition and management, dairy science, record keeping, meat production, horticulture, and overall management of a complex farm.
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The program is managed mostly for the education of BYU students, although other benefits result, such as research and experimental activities. Also, the farm produces its own feed, and the products of the dairy are processed at the Dairy Products Laboratory near Deseret Towers for use on campus.
On the big farm the college main- tains 652 Holstein dairy cattle with 353 milk cows, 100 beef cattle, and 385 head of swine (Yorkshire and Hampshire). At the Animal Science Center are a sheep flock of eighty registered Suf- folks, about a dozen quarter horses, and a poultry project with about 15,000 hens in twelve buildings. BYU animals are consistent blue ribbon winners in state and national fairs and shows.
In addition there are hay barns, machine shelters, fruit storage buildings, lounging sheds, a milking parlor with
a 2,000-gallon automatic cooling tank, offices, maternity and calf barns, a feed mill, a 6,000-ton silage pit, a 1,000- ton vertical silo, and ten homes for twelve families of faculty and super- visors. There are also many acres of alfalfa, corn, barley, and soybeans; five acres of experimental vegetable crops; pastureland, orchards, and agronomy plots; roads, canals, and settling ponds.
Over 400 students are involved in field-trip programs each year, and 150 or more have major laboratory projects at the farm each semester. Work-study internships provide on-the-job experi- ence and employment for many students.
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The heroic-sized statue of Karl G. Maeser, which was unveiled November 7, 1958, in front of the Eyring Science Center, was created by Ortho R. Fair- banks, pioneer Utah artist and BYU art alumnus, and grandson of John B. Fair- banks, pioneer Utah artist and BYU art teacher. The statue was made possible by Nicholas G. Morgan, left, through the Nicholas G. Morgan Foundation, in memory of his mother, Helen M. Mor- gan, who was a student of Professor Maeser in the old Twentieth Ward School in Salt Lake City. Mr. Morgan said the project was the result of the suggestion of Bryant S. Hinckley, a Brigham Young Academy alumnus and early-day teacher, who said in a devo- tional assembly in 1955: "I hope to live to see the day when an heroic statue in bronze of my beloved teacher and friend, Karl G. Maeser, is erected on this campus.”
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This photograph was taken at the in- stant the drape fell away from the Karl G. Maeser Statue at the unveiling.
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The initial phase of the Helaman Halls project in 1958 consisted of building five residence halls and the central George Q. Cannon Building. Two addi- tional residence halls were completed in 1959 and an eighth in 1970. Each of the halls accommodates 234 students, two to a room, for a total of 1,872 in the entire complex.
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The name Helaman Halls was the result of a contest, and is taken from a favorite story in the Book of Mormon in which the converted Lamanites pledged never to take up arms against anyone. In- stead, their 2,000 valiant sons, known as the "sons of Helaman," went into battle to protect the Nephites; many were wounded, but none were killed. A mural depicting the incident was painted by Professor Francis Magleby of the BYU Art Department. It hangs in the Cannon Center.
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Each of the eight residence buildings in the Helaman Halls complex has its own lounge.
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Two large cafeterias and a snack bar, serving the entire Helaman Hall com- plex, are located in Cannon Center, as are the main management office and a meeting hall for the area. BYU won a national prize for the operation of this dining facility.
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The Jesse Knight Building, named for the pioneer industrialist who was long a benefactor of the University, was begun in May, 1959, and was ready for oc- cupancy for the 1960 fall semester classes. Note the Abraham O. Smoot Administration and General Services Building, right, under construction.
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Designed to house the College of Busi- ness, the Jesse Knight Building features amphitheater lecture rooms, seminar rooms, and office practice rooms. An addition to the building on the north end houses the English and Humanities departments and a number of large classrooms.
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The opening of the Jesse Knight Build- ing was an important occasion for these College of Business leaders. Herald R. Clark, left, was dean of the College from 1934 to 1950. He died in 1966, three days before he was to receive the Honorary Doctor of Arts degree at commencement exercises for his skillful handling of the BYU lyceum (concert) series since 1913. Dr. Weldon J. Taylor, right, was dean of the College of Busi- ness from 1957 to 1974 and instituted many advancements, including a na- tional advisory council.
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Dr. William F. Edwards was dean of the College of Business from 1950 to 1957, and was given additional duties as financial vice-president of the Univer- sity and of the Unified Church School System.
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Recognizing that BYU was a logical location for motion picture production to benefit the Church, President Ernest L. Wilkinson started the program in 1953 with the appointment of Wetzel O. Whitaker to head the department. Mr. Whitaker, who had had twenty years of experience in Hollywood, mostly with Disney Studios, soon was joined by other experienced movie men: Frank S. Wise, filming and editing; Scott Whit- aker, writing and directing; Robert Stum, cameraman and art director; and many others. A small sound stage was set up behind the Speech Center, and
in its first year the Motion Picture Production Department produced two films: The Bishop, President of the
Aaronic Priesthood and Come Back, My Son. Requests for films to enhance various programs of the Church then poured in from many auxiliaries and organizations, and new studios were constructed in 1959 in the river bottoms north of Provo, near primitive woods and away from traffic. The studio originally included only the offices and the first sound stage, seen in this photo- graph. The second sound stage was added later.
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Wetzel O. ("Judge") Whitaker was first director of the BYU Motion Picture
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Production Department from 1953 to 1974, when he retired and was suc- ceeded by Jesse Stay.
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The sound stages of BYU's "Little Hollywood" are as well equipped as any in the California film capital. Hundreds of films have been produced that have been praised for their highly profes- sional quality.
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A disastrous fire swept the BYU Motion Picture Studios on September 15, 1964, soon after the completion of the second sound stage. Firemen said the $500,000 fire got out of hand because of the ex- plosions from automobiles, which had been filled with gasoline and parked on one of the sound stages for a trip the next day. During the fire the motion picture staff braved smoke, heat, and water to rescue all of the exposed foot- age of ten films under production. Dur- ing the reconstruction the film makers continued production in temporary offices on Lower Campus. The new buildings were upgraded with better sound equipment and better fire pro- tection. Automobile storage, carpentry, and paint facilities were located in a separate building.
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The William H. Snell Industrial Educa- tion Building was designed to fill a rapidly growing need for more tech- nicians in the various fields of industry as well as to train industrial arts teach- ers. Classwork started in the building with the opening of the winter quarter, 1960. This was the home of the College of Industrial and Technical Education under the Wilkinson administration, with Ernest C. Jeppsen as dean. The College later was incorporated into the College of Engineering and Technology during the administration of President Dallin H. Oaks.
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William H. Snell, for whom the Indus- trial Education Building was named, instructs a drafting student. Snell served the University for nearly half a century, beginning in 1915, teaching mechanical arts, engineering subjects, mechanical drawing, and drafting, and serving as superintendent of buildings and grounds during the 1940s.
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In 1972 Dean Ernest C. Jeppsen, center, presented honor plaques from national manufacturing engineers and engineer- ing technology organizations to faculty members Dr. Dell K. Allen, left, and Dr. Ross J. McArthur. Dean Jeppsen served BYU for fourteen years as di- rector of the Technical Institute, dean of the General College, and dean of the College of Industrial and Technical Education, helping to bring the latter to national leadership in the field.
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One of the most interesting contests in the annual search for the Belle of the Y was the cake-baking contest, which proved a young lady as a homemaker as well as a beauty with dancing and artistic talent. BYU coeds who won top honors in the cake contest in 1950 were June Peterson, left, Lavonne Thomander, LaVon Brown, Pearlyne Crowley, and Maridell Lewis.
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Feathers, leather, flashing batons, and pretty smiles were the trademarks of the vivacious Call sisters — Geneva, Anita, and Gaynell — who were the delight of crowds at football and basketball games and parades in the early 1950s.
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Organized yells and cheers were first introduced to the campus during the administration of President Benjamin Cluff, Jr., in the 1890s. Since that time each year has produced its team of cheerleaders, each bringing new rou- tines to arouse the assembled students to greater output of noise. The "yell kings," as they were named, in 1952 were Kent Walker, Boyd Busath, Harold Empey, Barry Bright, and DeVon Fife.
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The Cougarettes, the girls' fancy march- ing group, in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse in 1953.
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The Cougarettes in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse in 1970.
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On May 20, 1953, the Bricker and Tausig social units competed in a tug- of-war through a firehose stream south of the Eyring Science Center. (Note the Student Health Center in a temporary war surplus building.)
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With one exception, the wearing of slacks by women on BYU campus was unheard of until 1971. That exception was the annual senior trek which, dur- ing the 1950s and 1960s, was always held the day before commencement. The seniors took a last nostalgic tour of the campus — a tour which sometimes even included exploring extensive underground passages — and the walk ended with individuals ringing the Old Y Bell. This photograph was taken on June 4, 1954, of a senior group on its final reminiscent promenade.
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In the early 1950s, freshmen were re- quired to wear cat ears, whiskers, a tail, and a beanie, and to perform certain menial tasks for seniors, such as shining shoes or carrying books. All of this was a holdover from the Harris and Mc- Donald administrations, when hazing of freshmen was carried out in earnest. In this 1952 photo freshmen Kathy Redd and Gilbert Weiss, properly made up like cats, are barred from the front door by upperclassman Jacob Hamblin. These traditions were later dropped.
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Hazing of freshmen early in the Wilkin- son administration soon gave way to helpfulness, and the new students were eased into the demanding college life by orientation and counseling. Upper- classmen, such as David Forsyth, Uni- verse editor, in this 1953 photograph conducts students on tours of the cam- pus and instructs them in traditions and policies.
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Brigham Young University students, left, and Utah State University students, right, struggle for possession of the Old Wagon Wheel, symbol of football supremacy between the two schools before the game in 1953. The tradition dates back to 1949.
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The annual Heber J. Grant Oratorical Contest was established in 1920, soon after Dr. T. Earl Pardoe organized the Department of Speech and Dramatic Arts, and has continued to the present. It always has been held near November 22, the birthday of President Grant, and during the 1950s and 1960s was the feature of a student body assembly in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse. The winner in 1954 was Rex E. Lee, left, who received a book of scripture from Clifford Young. Mrs. Kathryn Pardoe was in charge of the contest that year. In 1971 Rex Lee became the first dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU.
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Student body officers, American Indians, Polynesians, and foreign students wel- comed bishops and stake presidents to the annual Bishops' and Stake Presi- dents' Day program in the Fieldhouse in 1958. Student Body President Webb Crockett is at far left. The annual event began in 1957 to coincide with the general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to bring the Church leaders to campus for a look at "their” university and for re- unions with BYU students from their home areas. The programs have in- cluded musical concerts, performances by traveling talent groups, dramatiza- tions, lectures, question-and-answer sessions, luncheons, and tours of the campus.
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This appealing team of majorettes in the 1950s included Zelma Crider, VeNae Bryan, Dona Willardson, Kay Carroll, and Karolyn Langford.
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This photograph was published in 1953 to illustrate proper dress for the Junior Prom. In her beautiful evening gown (with covered shoulders) is Edith Taylor, who receives gifts and attentions from DeVon Fife, left, in tuxedo; Barry Was- den, in white dinner jacket; Dick Row- berry, in tuxedo; and Ted Johnson, in military uniform.
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BYU students, joined by some Univer- sity of Utah student body officers, do the "bunny hop" in the Joseph Smith Building ballroom following a basket- ball game on February 14, 1953.
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The annual High School Journalism Conference, sponsored by the BYU Journalism Department (later Com- munications), was started by Depart- ment Chairman Harrison R. Merrill in 1935 and has been held annually since that time. As shown by this photo of the 1950s, it attracted (and still at- tracts) hundreds of advisers and stu- dent editors, reporters, photographers, and advertising managers from high schools in Utah and surrounding states to a one-day conference to assist them with their publications. The Com- munications Department also sponsors a week-long publications workshop before the opening of schools each fall.
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The favorite dance of the students in the 1950s and early 1960s was the "Lindy" and variations of it, in which the part- ners held hands but swung away from each other and back again.
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The annual Homecoming Parade in downtown Provo is one of the largest in Utah. This was the scene in 1952.
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Delta Phi's winning sweepstakes float of the 1952 Homecoming, bearing the week's theme of "A Y's Promise," is brought into the stadium during the halftime of the football game, a 23-14 Cougar victory over the Denver Pioneers.
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Throughout the years a feature of Homecoming has been the decorating of campus residence halls. In 1968 this Heritage Halls building was decorated to resemble a theater with its marquee and publicity panels. The theme for the event that year was "Cast a Cougar Shadow."
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For several years in the late 1960s a feature of Homecoming was the "Turtle Trot," the racers sponsored by various campus organizations. Unpacking the contestants for the 1968 derby are Dale Gurney, Lyndon Britt, Barbara Babb, Mava Whicker, and Mary Ann Westfall.
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The fellows entered into the carnival spirit of Homecoming in 1968 by stag- ing a "Mud Bowl" battle in the ooze near Helaman Halls. It was between . . . uh . . . well, obviously they are un- identified.
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In 1968 students attracted nationwide attention to BYU Homecoming by con- structing the "largest cake in the world" — five feet high, six feet wide, forty feet long, and weighing six tons. BYU stu- dents baked the 6,000 separate one- layer yellow cakes from packaged cake mixes which were distributed to anyone who wished to bake one of the "build- ing blocks" for the huge confection. Crews bound the cakes together with white icing prepared in large vats, and they were then lifted in sections onto the bed of a mammoth flatbed truck. After appearing in the Homecoming parade, the gigantic pastry was dis- tributed to fans at the BYU-Texas at El Paso football game.
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The year 1969 produced a bumper crop of stunts for Homecoming, including a wrestling tiger and ostrich races.
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Representative of Homecoming queens in the 1950s was Diane Stevenson, who reigned in 1957.
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A sparkling finale to Homecoming ac- tivities every year since 1951 has been the "Frolics," a fast-moving variety show of student talent, which has been described as the equal of professional stage shows. The event was called the "Fieldhouse Frolics" when the Field- house was the scene of the performances, but the name was changed simply to
the "Frolics" in 1972 when the extrava- ganza was moved to the Marriott Center. This scene shows the Young Am- bassadors in the 1973 Frolics, the year they completed a highly successful tour of South America.
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Colonel Jesse E. Stay, left, first com- mandant of the BYU Air Force ROTC unit when it was organized in the sum- mer of 1951, supervises Captain Charles Moran in unpacking musical instru- ments for the unit's band. The unit was established after President Ernest L. Wilkinson called a meeting of all male students and faculty members in the Joseph Smith Building, where he ex- plained the proposal to organize the Reserve Officer Training Corps on
campus and received an overwhelming affirmative vote. About a hundred stu- dents signed up during that summer's preliminary session, and more than 1,100 registered for ROTC in the first regular term in the fall of 1951. After retirement. Colonel Stay returned to BYU to work in the Motion Picture Production Department and became its director in 1974.
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Sergeant William H. Burton, a staff member when the Air Force ROTC unit was first established at BYU in the summer of 1951, had his problems when he tried to outfit the BYU cadet corps. Here he measures the feet of a prospec- tive cadet and finds they are of con- siderable size. A great number of the uniforms for the new unit had to be re- ordered because the BYU students had "bigger feet, longer arms, and broader shoulders."
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When the ROTC boys began marching on campus in 1951, it did not take the girls long to become involved, and they organized a Sponsor Corps called "Angel Flight." A women's Sponsor Corps also was organized with the Army ROTC unit in 1968. Through the years these groups have taken a lion's share of drill and activity honors at national conclaves. This photograph of the Angel Flight was taken in a 1952 parade.
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Soon after the establishment of the Air Force ROTC unit on campus, an ROTC male chorus was organized, later called the Footprints, made up of Air Force ROTC cadets and girls from the Angel Flight sponsor group. They perform musical and variety programs and often go on talent tours.
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These straight shooters were part of the Angel Flight rifle team in 1962.
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First commandant of the BYU Army ROTC unit was Colonel David R. Lyon, who reported for duty in February, 1968. He had attended the Command and General Staff College and received the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation Medal, the Distinguished Unit Citation, and the Republic of Korea President Unit Cita- tion. Within two years the BYU unit enrolled 509 cadets, the largest volun- teer Army ROTC unit in the West. Colonel Lyon retired from the Army in August, 1972, and joined the BYU Uni- versity Relations staff.
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The Army ROTC unit was established on campus in 1968 as a companion unit to the Air Force ROTC, and together they have become one of the largest ROTC contingents in the Western United States. Since their establish- ment through 1974 the Air Force ROTC unit commissioned 1,193 cadets as officers, and the Army ROTC com- missioned 462.
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At weekly retreats all Air Force and Army ROTC personnel assemble on the Smoot Building quad for lowering of the colors.
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Since the 1961 opening of the Abraham O. Smoot Building, the raising of the American flag every morning and the lowering of it every evening by ROTC cadets have been a tradition at BYU. During the campus disorders of the late 1960s and early 1970s, when the flag was being burned and desecrated at some schools, this tradition at BYU took on added significance and attracted national attention. This photograph was taken at a special flag ceremony on May 9, 1961, on the occasion of a visit from Church President David O. McKay. Note that the Ernest L. Wilkinson Cen- ter had not yet been constructed.
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The Army and Air Force ROTC spon- sor units accepted the responsibility of promoting and assisting with the regu- lar blood drives on BYU campus. Here a Red Cross nurse draws blood from a student donor. Blood drives at BYU always proved very successful, recruit- ing large numbers of donors.
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Upon recommendation of President Ernest L. Wilkinson, the Brigham Young University Stake, the 225th in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was organized on campus with twelve wards on January 8, 1956. Its membership was made up almost en- tirely of BYU students, with the ex- ception of some faculty members and townspeople as officers. The establish- ment of the new stake was conducted in sessions in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse by Elders Henry D. Moyle and Adam S. Bennion of the Council of the Twelve Apostles. Antone K. Rom- ney, center, was named president of the new stake, with Daniel D. Bushnell, left, as first counselor and Joseph T. Bentley, right, as second counselor. Fred A. Schwendiman, front left, was set apart as stake clerk, and Fred E. Guymon as assistant clerk. The new stake replaced the former three branches on campus (Campus, Campus North, and Wymount).
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Bishops of the twelve wards forming the original BYU Stake of the Church were named on January 8, 1956, the day the stake was organized. The bishops were, front row, left to right: Joseph N.
Symons, Raymond E. Beckham, Clyde D. Sandgren, Frank W. Kilpack, Royal Stone, Wayne B. Hales; second row: A. Lester Allen, Melvin Brooks, William G. Dyer, Charles M. Taylor, B. West Bel- nap, and Russell Lewis.
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Growth of the University and the Church organizations on campus re- quired the division of the original cam- pus stake of the Church into eight stakes in 1960 and ten stakes in 1969. Later the wards were changed to branches; there were 116 branches on campus in 1974. The campus appears to be as busy on Sundays as on weekdays, as the branches and stakes hold services. Classrooms, lecture halls, theaters, and recital halls all become chapels filled with students.
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In the summer of 1960, school and Church officials visited the Stela 5 (Tree of Life) stone at ancient Izapa near Tapachule, Mexico, on an inspection tour of excavations and research by the BYU-New World Archaeological Foun- dation. With a native boy guide were, left to right: BYU President Ernest L. Wilkinson; Daniel Taylor, director of LDS Schools in Mexico; Elders Mark E. Petersen and Marion G. Romney of the Council of the Twelve Apostles; and Joseph Bentley, BYU treasurer and former mission president in Mexico.
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The Board of Trustees held its meeting in the Christen Jensen Conference Room of the Smoot Administration Building in 1962, one of the few board meetings conducted on BYU campus. The mem- bers assembled were, clockwise from left: Elders Mark E. Petersen, Delbert L. Stapley, Marion G. Romney, LeGrand Richards, Richard L. Evans, Howard W. Hunter, Gordon B. Hinckley, N. Eldon Tanner, Marion D. Hanks, A. Theodore Tuttle, John H. Vandenberg, Joseph Fielding Smith, Hugh B. Brown, and Harold B. Lee, with BYU President Ernest L. Wilkinson and Clyde D. Sand- gren, secretary.
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Dr. Stewart Grow (political science) represented the faculty in presenting a gift of a silver tray to President and Mrs. Ernest L. Wilkinson in 1964, when President Wilkinson resigned to run for the U.S. Senate. He returned as president of BYU after an unsuccessful campaign.
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Dr. Earl C. Crockett served as acting president during 1964 while President Ernest L. Wilkinson ran for the U.S. Senate. He came to BYU in 1957 from the University of Colorado, where he was chairman of the Department of Social Sciences and assistant to the vice- president, and served eleven years as academic vice-president at BYU. In 1968 he took a year's leave of absence to teach in the University of Maryland's Overseas Program in Europe, then re- turned to teach economics at BYU. Dr. Crockett was instrumental, with Presi- dent Wilkinson, in establishing the Honors Program for superior scholars, faculty research fellowships, doctoral degree programs, two-year associate de- grees in nursing, industrial technology, general studies, and the semester system.
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Dr. Ernest L. Wilkinson won his Cougar athletic blanket and passed a physical
fitness test at the same time at a BYU- Arizona basketball game in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse on March 2, 1964. The Elks Lodge, which annually awards block Y blankets to graduat- ing football and basketball players, presented a blanket to Dr. Wilkinson (who was then a candidate in the U.S. Senate race), but first made him give a demonstration of his athletic ability. He promptly removed his jacket and did forty-seven pushups while the cheering students led by Cosmo the Cougar counted. "I could have done more," he said, "but I had already done my exercises earlier in the day."
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A couple of cougars met on BYU cam- pus on October 22, 1965 — one of the BYU variety, President Ernest L. Wil- kinson, and a real one named "Sparrow."
paleobotany, has gathered one of the world's outstanding collections of 65,000 fossilized plants, evidence of a lush, broad-leaf forest that once existed in a tropical environment where now lies the dry desert of the Mountain West. Here he examines Sanmiguelia plant fossils, which possibly could be the oldest flowering plant known to man. The fossil was found in southwest Colorado in 1971. Aiding him are graduate students Dan Simper and Naomi Hebbert. His sensational dis- coveries while scouring the deserts and mountains of six states include fig leaves, ferns, and water lilies. In 1974 with some of his students he discovered fossils of the tempskya tree fern in the rare standing position.
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Dr. William D. Tidwell, specialist in
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Dr. James Jensen (in helmet), curator of the BYU Earth Sciences Museum, with Eddie and Vivian Jones of Delta, Colo- rado, measures the eight-foot scapula (shoulder blade) of the world's largest dinosaur, discovered by the trio near Delta at Dry Mesa in 1972. The world- famous paleontologist, who has made numerous discoveries (including the oldest dinosaur eggs in the Western Hemisphere and a dicynodont skull in Antarctica), uncovered the fossilized bones of the largest sauropod ever found and the bones of a meat-eating dinosaur twice the size of any previously un- earthed for that period — two of seven new species discovered at the site.
The work in Dr. Jensen's quarry (which he calls a "bone hole"), where huge "packages" of bones weighing many tons were removed, was filmed by KBYU-TV and BBC, and was shown throughout the United States and Europe.
Dr. Jensen came to BYU in 1962 from Harvard University, where he was a member of the museum staff. At BYU he participated with a Harvard expedi- tion to the Andes Mountains of South America, where valuable discoveries were made. He brought to BYU nu- merous skills (weight suspension, iron work, and artistry) which have served him well in collecting the giant fossils and mounting them in a lifelike way that has become world famous. Also a gifted artist, he helped earn his living as a painter when the family lived in Alaska. BYU conferred on him the Honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1971, and in 1973 he was awarded the Golden Plate award by the American Academy of Achievement in Chicago.
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During the 1960s, with the student body ranging from 20,000 to 25,000, it
was impossible for all of the students to work on the block letter; consequently, the Y Day activities spread to the com- munity, and students helped to clean up parks, swimming pools, cemeteries, and golf courses and to paint up and fix up homes of needy persons. Here Presi- dent Ernest L. Wilkinson, wearing a painter's cap labeled "Y Community Day," gets into the spirit of the occasion with student officer Cam Caldwell.
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Church President David O. McKay, assisted by Sam F. Brewster, director of the Physical Plant Department, and BYU President Ernest L. Wilkinson, prepares to cut the ribbon to open the Campus Drive in September, 1960.
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1957, and BYU acquired his entire art estate in 1963, mainly through the ef- forts of Dean Herald R. Clark. It was from this collection that the cast was previously taken.
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Underpass to the Fieldhouse and the Richards Building, completed in 1961.
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When the old Wymount Village war surplus buildings were removed from campus, a new housing project, Wy- mount Terrace, was constructed to pro- vide residences for families of married students. Construction was started in August, 1961, by Tolboe and Harlin Construction Company, with plans de- signed by Smith and Needham, archi- tects. The project includes twenty-four residence buildings with 462 apart- ments in one-, two-, and three-bedroom styles. It occupies twenty-seven acres northeast of the main campus.
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The crowd was small, but the occasion was important — the groundbreaking for the new Abraham O. Smoot Admin- istration and General Services Building on October 12, 1959.
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This photograph was taken at Home- coming on November 4, 1961, in front of the Smoot Administration and Gen- eral Services Building, immediately after Richard W. Young, a grandson of Brigham Young, had unveiled the heroic statue of the great Church president, prophet, colonizer, and founder of Brig- ham Young University. The bronze
statue is seven and one-half feet high, weighs 1,300 pounds, and stands on a four-foot stone cube weighing 7,000 pounds. The work was cast from the plaster original created by the late Mahonri Young for the This Is the Place Monument at the entrance to Emigra- tion Canyon in Salt Lake City. Mahonri Young, famous American sculptor and grandson of Brigham Young, died in
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The Abraham O. Smoot Building was designed in an X shape by Architect Henry P. Fetzer. It includes 100,000 square feet of floor space and has about 250 offices. Originally, the building housed not only the University adminis- trative offices but also the offices for the entire Unified Church School Sys- tem, which later were moved to Salt Lake City and to other areas on campus. Included in the building are the offices and business areas for the University president and vice-presidents, the De- velopment Office, the Graduate School, Admissions and Records, Housing, Financial Services, Personnel Services, Security, University Relations, the Dean of Student Life, and others. It was dedi- cated on October 10, 1962, one year after it had opened for use.
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The Physical Plant Building brought together for the first time all the offices and functions of the Physical Plant De- partment. The building was begun on December 15, 1961, completed on Sep- tember 21, 1962, and dedicated on Octo- ber 10, 1962, by Elder Hugh B. Brown. It has 82,327 square feet of floor space, with a paved central court and paved outer courts totaling 48,273 additional square feet. It houses all the offices, shops, garages, and the storage for the maintenance of the campus. In August, 1974, it was named in honor of Sam F. Brewster, who had served as head of the department for seventeen years during a period of the University's rapid growth.
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The Alumni House, located on the brow of the hill at the west edge of campus, was started in March, 1961, and dedi- cated at services in the Joseph Smith auditorium on May 25, 1962. It houses business offices of the BYU Alumni Association and serves as a reception center for alumni, numbering 80,000 at the time the building opened.
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A big boiler was moved into place on August 24, 1965, during construction of an addition to the heating plant to ser- vice the fast-growing campus.
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The first six halls of Deseret Towers were completed in 1965; the seventh was added later. Each has six stories of dormitory-type rooms, twenty double rooms and four single rooms to a floor. The ground floor contains the head resi- dent's apartment, a lounge, and three double rooms for six students. The cluster houses 2,038 students, and the area is served by cafeterias and by ad- ministrative offices in the George Q. Morris Center. The first six halls were dedicated on October 6, 1970, by Elder Ezra Taft Benson, although they were completed in 1965.
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Buildings of the Deseret Towers com- plex were constructed by the lift-slab method, in which all of the concrete floors and the ceilings are poured on the ground, like a giant sandwich, then hoisted into place by hydraulic jacks and secured.
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This photograph, taken from the top of the Ernest L. Wilkinson Center, shows the proximity of Deseret Towers to Heritage Halls.
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On August 24, 1967, an atomic reactor in a crate was hoisted up the hillside south of the Grant Building and in- stalled in an old concrete room that had served as a heating plant. The reactor went into operation the following month as the critical stage of atomic reaction was reached.
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For three days technicians of the BYU Physics Department and Atomics Inter- national, who built the reactor for BYU, moved the atomic fuel in small amounts to the reactor to prevent rapid buildup of atomic energy in the reactor. BYU scientists who supervised the installa- tion and kept watchful eyes on the dials were Dr. Max Hill and Dr. Gary Jensen.
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Construction began on the three-story Thomas L. Martin Building and the nine-story John A. Widtsoe Building in July, 1968. The Martin Building was completed in the summer of 1969, and the Widtsoe Building a year later. To- gether they form the Life Sciences Center. They were dedicated with thirty-five other buildings on October 6, 1970. The Martin Building has four lecture halls seating 254 students each, four seating ninety each, five seating seventy-five, three seating sixty, and eight seating forty. The Widtsoe Build- ing (two stories underground and seven above) contains faculty offices and life sciences laboratories. Large salt water and fresh water aquaria are located on the lower floor.
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Landlocked Brigham Young University has an outstanding collection of marine animals in more than forty tanks in the Widtsoe Building, tanks simulating the animals' ocean home through the use of distilled water mixed with synthetic sea salt. Here Glynis Crow, a secretary in the Zoology Department, examines a sea urchin from one of the tanks. The marine collection also includes sea anemones, horseshoe crabs, spider and cancer crabs, gastropods, sea stars, feather worms, coral, tube worms, key- hole limpets, sharks, and many others.
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The Indoor Tennis Courts Building, located just south of the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse, was completed in the fall of 1968. It includes four regulation- size tennis courts and bleachers for year-round use. With a ceiling clearance of 40 feet, the construction provides for unobstructed play.
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Instrumental in the construction of the Indoor Tennis Courts Building were Dr. Milton F. Hartvigsen, dean of the College of Physical Education, left, and tennis coach Wayne Pearce.
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The University Press and Stores Build- ing was one of three auxiliary services buildings constructed in 1968 on the north side of campus. The other two are the Laundry and the Auxiliary Sup- plies Building. Half of the big press building (shown here) is occupied by the Stores Department.
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Excitement but not extensive damage occurred during the construction of the University Press and Stores Building when mastic adhesive being applied to a refrigerator room flashed and burned.
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The sheet-fed letterpress equipment used in the old war-surplus press build- ing was replaced by this modern offset web-perfecting press in the new Univer- sity Press Building, resulting in fast reproduction of newspapers, magazines, books, and brochures.
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Dedicated by Elder Boyd K. Packer with three other buildings on April 29, 1969, was the Daniel H. Wells Building, de- signed to house the Air Force and Army ROTC offices. It was named in honor of the Mormon pioneer, soldier, civic leader, and counselor to Brigham Young. Wells was a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of the City of Nauvoo, a lieutenant general in the Nauvoo Legion, commander of the militia in the Indian Wars from 1850 to 1867 and in the Echo Canyon War in 1857. He later became mayor of Salt Lake City.
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The Faculty Office Building, with 16,061 square feet of floor space, was com- pleted in 1968 and dedicated by Elder Ezra Taft Benson on October 6, 1970. It is located on a narrow strip of land immediately above the old stadium, and some of the former stadium hilltop structures were incorporated into the building. The entire building is on one floor, and its floor plan provides many offices for faculty and secretaries.
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The MIA Girls Home, where for over forty years thousands of teenagers from Utah County have spent their vacations, was purchased by BYU as a conference retreat in June, 1970. Its name was changed to Timp Lodge. The lodge is scheduled year-round for seminars, workshops, conferences, and social activities. It is located in the north fork of Provo Canyon, near the Sundance resort and the BYU Alumni family camp at Aspen Grove.
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Construction of the new Brigham Young University library began in July, 1959. The building was completed in Septem- ber, 1961, and was dedicated by Presi- dent Hugh B. Brown on October 10, 1962. Originally named the J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Library, its name was changed in January, 1974, to the Harold B. Lee Library in honor of President Lee, who died the previous month. President Clark's name was transferred to the new Law School Building. The Library con- tains 205,000 square feet of floor space on five floors (two of them are under- ground). Each floor of more than 40,000 square feet is larger than the old Heber J. Grant Library. Walls are constructed of precast stone in three values of pink- ish brown, with Aztec motif in each panel. Windows were kept to a mini- mum to eliminate problems of heat and humidity control.
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This is not a cemetery but the structural steel work for the Harold B. Lee Library, as seen in 1960 when under construction.
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There are canyons of card catalogs on the main floor of the Library. The build- ing was planned to accommodate a million volumes. During the summer of 1961, 330,000 volumes were moved to the new building from the old Heber J. Grant Library, the Eyring Science Cen- ter Library, the McKay Building Re- serve Library, the Life Sciences Library, from several other storerooms on cam- pus, and from downtown storage. How- ever, by 1974 the collection had ex- ceeded 1,200,000 and plans had been started for an addition to the Harold B. Lee Library which would more than double its size. There are also special rooms for microfilms of newspapers and documents and for maps, Braille books for blind students, private study spaces, council rooms, and a typing room.
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Unlike earlier libraries that had large central reading rooms, the Harold B. Lee Library has open stacks, accessible to students on a self-help basis, and study areas alongside the stacks.
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The circulation desk in the Harold B. Lee Library, where students and faculty check out and return books.
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A globe more than six feet in diameter is a central attraction in the Library.
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This is the beautiful browsing room on the main floor of the Library.
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The listening library in the Harold B. Lee Library, where tapes and records are played in a central control room, and students listen with earphones at listening stations.
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The change of the name of the Library from the J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Library to the Harold B. Lee Library was an- nounced by President Marion G. Rom- ney on January 15, 1974, at an assembly in the Marriott Center. Before the as- sembly was over, new signs had been erected in front of the building. In- specting one of the signs are Mrs. Lee, left; Mrs. Brent Goates, President Lee's daughter; President Romney; and BYU President Dallin H. Oaks.
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A focal point for color and excitement, the new football stadium located at 1600 North on Canyon Road was completed for the season of 1964. A substantial amount of donated labor, equipment, and materials made the project possible. The stadium is of all-steel construction with a seating capacity of about 33,000 — 4,800 of which are chair seats. A rubberized track encloses the football field. Team dressing rooms, storage areas, food preparation and vending facilities, and restrooms are located under the stadium seating. Parking for over 10,000 cars is provided in asphalt parking lots near the stadium. Forty- two ticket gates handle crowds rapidly.
Architectural plans were prepared by Fred L. Markham. After the site was prepared by donated labor, the con- struction was contracted to Tolboe Construction Company and Pittsburgh- DesMoines Steel Company of Provo. The steel for the stadium was produced at the Geneva Works of the United States Steel Corporation.
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With the approval of the Board of Trustees, school officials met with 120 business, professional, political, and labor leaders to plan a fund-raising drive for the new stadium. A goal of $800,000 toward the estimated cost of $1,500,000 (later revised to $2,000,000) was set for community support. The University provided the land (an apple orchard), and costs above the public pledges came from student building fees and other sources. Money was raised by inviting donors to sponsor seats at $200 each, and a small metal plate bear- ing the name of the sponsor was placed on the back of each seat so sponsored. The Steering Committee for the fund drive included, front row: Joseph T.
Bentley, Dr. DaCosta Clark (chairman), Edwin Butterworth, Dr. Richard Call; second row: Harold Smith, Lavere M. Tippetts, LeRoy Johnson, Dale Peter- son, Edwin Kimball, Paul Thorn, Ray Beckham, Howard Maycock; back row: Kenneth McTavish, Howard Pace, Dr. Ariel Ballif, Clyde Weeks, and Charles Peterson.
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The pvessbox at the top of the old hill- side stadium was little more than a shed.
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Crowds fill the stadium to take in the excitement and pageantry of football and track and field competition.
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A new and larger pressbox with at- tractive stained wood replaced the shed-like structure at the top of the old hillside stadium.
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The pressbox in the new all-steel stadium includes a lower deck for the president's box and three decks above for 120 radio, television, newspaper, and wire service newsmen, plus booths for visitors, scouts, spotters, timekeep- ers, scoreboard operators, and statis- ticians.
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Card stunts and the "Incomparable Cougar Band" provide thrilling half- time fare in the new stadium.
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David Boyack, 1964 student vice- president of the Social Office, super- vised installation of the white, precast stone block "Y" at the north end of the new all-steel stadium. The center of the letter is equipped with a gas jet which is lighted in each pregame ceremony by some distinguished person who has given outstanding service to the Uni- versity.
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The Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center, dedicated on April 3, 1965, brought together in one magnificent building facilities for all the performing arts which previously had been scattered over the campus. It eliminated, for example, the war-surplus structures housing the Speech Center; with five theaters and concert halls it brought an end to the theater functions of the old College Hall and the Joseph Smith auditorium; and the Music Department moved from Lower Campus into its vast new facilities. The center was designed by William L. Pereira and Associates of Los Angeles. Mr. Pereira said, "It is the most comprehensive center of its kind ever commissioned by an American university."
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President Hugh B. Brown of the First Presidency of the Church arrives on June 27, 1962, for the groundbreaking ceremonies of the Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center, accompanied by BYU Vice-President Ben E. Lewis. Dr. Gerrit de Jong, Jr., left, first dean of the Col- lege of Fine Arts and Communications, and Conan Mathews, then dean, are seated on the stand.
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The massive Fine Arts Center under construction, with the Abraham O. Smoot Administration and General Ser- vices Building beyond. The Center covers about two acres of land and con-
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Honored guests were on the stage of the Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center at services on November 23, 1965, when areas of the building were named for them or their families. Rec- ognized were, front row, left to right: Dr. Franklin Madsen and Dr. Florence Jepperson Madsen (Madsen Recital Hall); Dr. Gerrit de Jong, Jr., and Mrs. de Jong (de Jong Concert Hall); Mrs. Herald R. Clark and Herald R. Clark (Herald R. Clark Collection of Maynard Dixon Paintings); Bent F. Larsen and Mrs. Larsen (B. F. Larsen Art Gallery); Dr. Alonzo J. Morley (Alonzo J. Morley Speech and Hearing Laboratories); Mrs. Kathryn Pardoe and Dr. T. Earl Pardoe (Pardoe Drama Theatre); back row: Dr. Clawson Cannon, acting dean; President Ernest L. Wilkinson, Milton Ross and wife Minnie Margetts Ross (Philip N. Margetts Arena Theater); Dr. John Eastmond and mother, Mrs. Elbert H. Eastmond (Elbert H. East- mond Art Seminar Room); Mrs. Harri- son R. Merrill (Harrison R. Merrill De- bate Theater); Mrs. Edith Y. Booth, representing the Nelke Club (Miriam Nelke Experimental Theatre); Mrs. Robert H. Hinckley, and Robert H. Hinckley (Robert H. Hinckley Radio and Television Studios). Named also were the B. Cecil Gates Opera Work- shop, the Henry E. Giles Museum of Musical Instruments, the Walther and Ebba Mathesius Music Seminar Room, the Albert Miller Orchestra Room, and the Robert Sauer Band Room.
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This central gallery of the Fine Arts Center connects the four wings of the spacious building. The gallery, named for Bent F. Larsen, who was chairman of the BYU Art Department for twenty- two of his fifty-two years of service, is the foyer for five theaters in the building and provides for an integration of the arts.
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KBYU-TV, with studios in the Harris Fine Arts Center, went on the air in November, 1965, and by 1974 was broadcasting sixteen hours a day with a staff of sixty-five full-time professionals and part-time sudents. The program- ming includes children's programs, adult general interest shows, daytime instruction for in-class assistance of public schools, and BYU television classes for university credit. The signal extends from Brigham City on the north to Nephi on the south by air and beyond by cable systems. KBYU-TV also car- ries programs of the satellite system and is a member of the Public Broad- casting System. The station has pro- duced several programs which have been carried nationally.
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This is the de Jong Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center, with seating capacity of 1,451. Across the hall from it is the Pardoe Drama Theatre with 612 seats. There are also the 280-seat Miriam Nelke Experimental Theatre, the 436- seat Madsen Recital Hall, and the 150- seat Margetts Arena Theatre. The building also contains 64 class, seminar, laboratory, and studio rooms; 112 offices, reception and conference rooms; 57 music practice rooms; and 26 speech practice cubicles.
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Engineers of the BYU Broadcast Services decided that the easiest way to mount the antenna atop the Harris Fine Arts Center was by use of a helicopter, which simply lowered the device into place, where it was secured by work- men below (March 11, 1968).
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Dr. Ralph Woodward conducts a prac- tice session of the famed A Cappella Choir in the Madsen Recital Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center.
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Conan Mathews, dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communications from 1959 to 1967, examines part of the Mahonri Young Art collection. There are more than 8,000 pieces in the collec- tion, including sculpture, oil paintings, water colors, drawings, sketch books, prints, and casts.
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The spacious stage of the de Jong Con- cert Hall in the Fine Arts Center easily accommodates this large performing group, the Oratorio Choir and one of the University's three symphony or- chestras, in a performance conducted by Dr. John R. Halliday.
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A technician of the E. F. Walcker Com- pany of Ludwigsburg, Germany, puts finishing touches on the outstanding 51-rank pipe organ which was installed in the Madsen Recital Hall of the Fine Arts Center in 1970. The first concert was played on the organ by the world- renowned Belgian organist, Flor Peeters, on December 2, 1970. It is one of the largest and finest pipe organs in Utah.
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Professor J. J. Keeler, university or- ganist, pauses at the console of the pipe organ in his studio in the Fine Arts Center, one of six pipe organs in that building. In all, there were ten pipe organs and five electric organs on BYU campus in 1974. These were part of a total of 455 keyboard stations, includ- ing organs, pianos, and practice sets.
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Macduff, played by Neldon Maxfield, slays Macbeth, played by Craig Costello,
in an exciting 1967 production by the BYU Speech and Dramatic Arts Depart- ment of the Shakespearean classic on the stage of the Pardoe Drama Theatre. Approximately twenty major dramatic productions and about sixty musical concerts are presented each season in the five theaters of the Harris Fine Arts Center. In the 1972-73 school year, counts of the College of Fine Arts and Communications showed 38,600 pa- trons attended dramatic arts events, and 208,875 attended musical events.
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The addition of the Stephen L Richards Physical Education Building in 1965 provided Brigham Young University with a physical education plant perhaps unequaled. In addition to its vast facilities are the golf practice lawns, the indoor and outdoor tennis courts, the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse with its many courts, fields, and gymnasiums; several large outdoor playing fields, the all-steel stadium, and two regulation
baseball diamonds — almost a solid mile of physical education facilities (from Eighth North to Seventeenth North streets). The Richards Building is 620 feet long and 280 feet wide and covers more than the entire playing field and track of the old stadium site where it was built. It is connected to the Fieldhouse by an underground tunnel. Designed by a combination of firms. Central Utah Architects, it was built by Mark B. Garff, Ryberg, and Garff Construction Company.
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A prime mover in the promotion, plan- ning, and construction of the Physical Education Building was Dr. Milton F. Hartvigsen, dean of the College of Physical Education from 1956 to 1974. He was named Professor of the Year in 1963 and winner of the Karl G. Maeser Award for teaching excellence in 1973. In this photograph he inspects progress of the new building construction.
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Present at the dedication of the Stephen L Richards Physical Education Building on November 5, 1965, were Elder
Gordon B. Hinckley of the Council of the Twelve, left; BYU President Ernest L. Wilkinson, President N. Eldon Tan- ner of the First Presidency of the Church, Mrs. Stephen L Richards, and her son, Lynn S. Richards.
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The natatorium at the Stephen L Richards Building includes three pools and balconies on two sides with 1,100 seats. One pool is designed for inter- collegiate competition, one for begin- ning swimmers, and one for diving. They hold 528,000 gallons of filtered water, and six underwater observation windows allow teachers and coaches to observe the swimmers and divers below the surface of the water.
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In addition to the natatorium, the Physical Education Building contains two large gymnasiums, two small gym- nasiums, two dance studios, offices for
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faculty members, seven classrooms, and a Human Performance Research Center (consisting of eighteen laboratory areas, an adaptive physical education room, a leadership training (scouting) area, a driver training area, a laundry facility, and dressing rooms and showers). The extensive facilities are in almost con- stant use.
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A bronze plaque bearing a quotation from President Stephen L Richards on the duty of physical fitness was mounted at the south entrance of the Richards Building. It is displayed here by Dean Hartvigsen and Stephen R. Covey, a professor of organizational behavior and a grandson of President Richards.
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On August 23, 1961, Elder Harold B. Lee spoke at groundbreaking ceremonies for the Ernest L. Wilkinson Center.
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The Wilkinson Center, hub of student activity on campus, was the product of many years of effort by students, faculty, and friends. By 1950, alumni, service- men, missionaries, faculty, and staff had contributed over $80,000 toward a union building. With their consent this fund was channeled into the con- struction of the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse. Then in 1953, when Presi- dent Wilkinson appointed a committee to determine needs for an activity cen- ter, a student building fee was in- stituted. The total cost was $6,765,000 of which 60 percent was provided by students, 18 percent by income from Auxiliary Services of the University, and 22 percent by the Church. Con- struction started in the summer of 1961; the building was completed in April,
1964, and was dedicated on April 3,
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This was a senior banquet in the spacious ballroom of the Wilkinson Center. The entire building has 304,600 square feet of floor space on its six levels, placing it among the larger union buildings in the nation. It in- cludes a bookstore wing, a theater, assembly rooms, student offices, pub- lications offices, a cafeteria and a snack bar, a bowling alley and game rooms, a post office, a barber shop, a photo studio, a hobby shop, a credit union, lounges, and the Skyroom. An entire stake of the Church with twelve wards meets in its various rooms, which dou- ble as chapels on Sunday.
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Wilkinson Center bowling alleys. In the adjoining room is a games center for ping-pong, shuffle board, and other entertainment.
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The Memorial Lounge is one of several lounges in the Wilkinson Center. Mounted here are plaques and trophies honoring BYU students who gave their lives in the two world wars.
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The Wilkinson Center Bookstore, patronized by students and faculty alike.
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The cafeteria in the Wilkinson Center. A snack bar also adjoins this room.
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Coeds admire the University seal, cast in terrazzo and bronze, in the floor of the Wilkinson Center foyer.
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On April 3, 1965, the day the Ernest L. Wilkinson Center was dedicated. Presi- dent Wilkinson, right, and student body president Bruce L. Olsen posed beside the new sign identifying the building. Both were speakers at the dedicatory services. Mr. Olsen later became assistant dean of admissions and records, and in February, 1973, was named director of University Relations.
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Each year the College of Physical Education conducts a physical education demonstration night (or sometimes a week) to dramatize visually some of the many activities of the area. This was the scene in the Fieldhouse on demon- stration night in January, 1960, when women students performed mass calisthenics. Demonstrations also in- clude such activities as trampoline, gymnastics, weight lifting, wrestling, dance, and other physical feats. Water shows began when the Richards Build- ing was opened in 1965.
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Tom Read, left, Coach Jed Richardson, and Craig Christensen display the first- place trophies the BYU debating team won at the Harvard University National Invitational Debate Tournament in 1960. Other team members were Don Black and Ron Walker.
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Don Woodward, 1960 editor of the Daily Universe, gets plenty of advice from former editors of the paper: Hartt Wixom, Steve Hale, Ralph Barney, Bob Koenig, and Jerry Cahill. All of them, including Woodward, became profes- sional editorial or communications people.
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Typical of royalty chosen to add glamor to a Homecoming celebration in the 1960s was this court in 1965, in- cluding Queen Kim Booke of Provo, seated, Christine Payne, left, of Denver, and Margaret Dyreng of Manti, Utah.
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Pretty coed song leaders have been a tradition at BYU sports events for decades. Typical of these groups that contribute spirit and beauty to the oc- casions is this quintet posing with Cosmo in 1967: Mary Jane Shimoda, left; Diane Gardner, Stefenee Nielsen, Carol Huber, and Colleen Shields.
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Students of the late 1960s and early 1970s at times performed the waltz and the fox trot at formal events because of the influence of the many ballroom dancing classes, but a survey in 1974 showed that students attended in greater numbers the fast-paced "rock" dances. This began with the "twist" in the early 1960s and developed into "rock."
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Conventional dancing was appropriate at this 1971 Junior Prom in the marble corridors of the Utah County Building in downtown Provo.
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On campuses throughout the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the agony of the Vietnam War resulted in flag burnings, student strikes, de- struction of campus property, protest riots, and other unrest. While protest demonstrations were absent on BYU campus, the issues, nevertheless, were keenly felt and were the subject of in- tensive discussion. These students set up a table asking for signatures on a petition in support of U.S. policies in Vietnam.
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However, that sign attracted a lot of attention, not all of it of the type in- tended by the sponsors, as indicated by this heated debate that arose on the spot and drew large crowds of in- terested participants, both pro and con.
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In January, 1971, three students traveled 7,000 miles to deliver more than 20,000 letters weighing 300 pounds to the North Vietnamese peace delegation in Paris, requesting identi- fication, conditions, and humane treat- ment of American prisoners of war. The letters were gathered on BYU cam- pus from writers in Utah and other states. The letter carriers were Lynn Caylor, Alan Pace, and Robin Rother- mel. The letters were carried to the office building of the North Vietnamese delegation, but the North Vietnamese refused to accept them. The students then began reading the letters in front of the building until they were ordered away by Paris police.
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During the hectic years of campus riots, the only protest demonstration ever held on BYU campus was by four fresh- man girls who appealed for larger por- tions of French fried potatoes in campus cafeterias.
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Sometimes during the 1970 student election campaign it was difficult to proceed along the campus walks, crowded with signs and politicians extolling the strengths of their candi- dates.
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Among the BYU students from every state in the nation are many whose homes are on farms and ranches of the "cowboy states." They put their ranch- ing skills to the test as members of the BYU Rodeo team, sponsored by the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences. Most of the student riders bring their own horses to campus, and the University provides a rodeo arena in the area west of the stadium. This 1966 team posed in front of the Student Project Laboratory Building, about a mile north of the main campus, which became a judging and showing ring. Near this building is the Meat Science Laboratory, providing students with in- struction in meat processing, identifica- tion, and evaluation. Across the street is the poultry project with 14,000 laying hens in five environmentally controlled houses and the feed mill and other buildings, providing on-the-job training for about thirty students.
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Student body officers found a unique way to introduce themselves at the "Welcome Back" assembly at the be- ginning of the 1967-68 school year.
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Quizmaster Allen Ludden here poses a question to the BYU team in the excit- ing College Bowl on CBS network tele- vision in 1962 that won nationwide ad- miration for the group. Their coach, Dr. Robert K. Thomas, said it was the maturity, consideration, and mutual kindliness of the team that won the hearts of the nation for five weeks. Scores of letters, telephone calls, a forty-two-foot telegram, and personal greetings cheered Bob Despain, Todd Britsch, JoJean Loflin, and David Stone
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as they matched wits with the nation's best in a television battle covering the entire range of human knowledge. Thousands of supporters shared the BYU team's dramatic victories over Long Island, Villanova, Wyoming, and Maryland Universities. But on the fifth week, in their attempt to win the final contest, the travel-weary scholars were defeated by De Pauw University. Only six teams in the history of the program had retired undefeated, and BYU became the fourth team to win four times. A huge crowd welcomed them at the Provo airport as the band played "When the Saints Come March- ing in." A parade took them through Provo to a reception on campus.
Coach Thomas related that the BYU team went to Quizmaster Ludden when it was all over and told him how much they had appreciated his handling of the program. "You are great!" he said, and had to leave the stage as tears began to streak his makeup.
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One of the most exciting annual events, especially for the women, is the Pref- erence Ball, to which the girls ask the boys. The court of Preferred Men in 1961 included, front row, left to right: Donald Wright, Craig Christensen, David Jacobs, Richard Stringham; second row: Roger Doxey, Kent Haws, Doyle Seely; third row: Blaine Quarn- strom, Richard Hunter, Bruce Gibb, and Max Pinegar.
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These pretty pupils, part of the last group to attend the Brigham Young Laboratory School, peer out of a crum- bling window of the old Education Build- ing and contemplate the closing of their school in 1968. The school, which in- cluded the Brigham Young High School and the Elementary School (grades kindergarten through 12), was located on Lower Campus and traced its be- ginnings back to the beginnings of BYU. The announcement of the closing was made to the students at a general as- sembly on December 8, 1967. Many of
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the students had never attended any other school. President Ernest L. Wil- kinson explained that the Laboratory School had outlived its original purpose of training student teachers, since the thousands of teachers produced by BYU could not train there but had to gain their practice in the schoolrooms of districts in Utah and surrounding states. It was closed also in the interests of economy. The High School was fully accredited by the Northwest Associa- tion of Secondary and High Schools and conducted a full schedule of athletics, debates, drama competition, and other programs of the Utah High School Ac- tivities Association.
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Proper standards of dress, grooming, and conduct have always been en- couraged at BYU, and the efforts of student body officers, administrators, and faculty have been enlisted to main- tain the standards. For many years a mirror was placed near the elevators in the Wilkinson Center as a reminder of this commitment.
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During the nationwide campus dis- orders of the late 1960s and early 1970s, BYU students maintained their com- posure and conformed to the standards set by the Church and the University rather than to those of the militants of the day. The well-dressed students in this 1969 candid photograph are what the U.S. News and World Report was talking about in its January 20, 1969, edition:
It's a different kind of university here at Brigham Young, a private school with nearly 24,000 students on campus.
At a time when students everywhere seem to be on the warpath, Brigham Young University is undisturbed. It has never had a serious demonstration.
There are no "hippies" here. Everybody dresses up to go to class. Beards are a rarity and you don't see any miniskirts. There is no smoking on campus. Rules against drinking include not only alcohol but even tea and coffee.
"Elsewhere they burn the flag or ROTC building," one university official remarked. "Here we are expanding our ROTC, and everybody stands and faces the flag when the national anthem is played mornings and evenings."
The reason Brigham Young is different is that it is run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and con- forms to Church policies.
Ninety-five percent of BYU's students and 99 percent of its faculty and staff are Mormons. The discipline of their religion affects almost every university activity.
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The 1960s were marked by intensified involvement of students in many affairs of campus and on advisory boards. Each autumn before the beginning of classes, continuing to the present, an orientation conference has been held for all student officers, usually at Aspen Grove, but sometimes at other locations, such as Fish Lake or Jackson Hole. In 1965 Student Body President Bob Christiansen addressed the assembled student leaders.
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Within minutes after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, the Daily Universe distributed a special edition throughout the campus. Printed on yellow paper, it carried early reports of the shooting, the search for the assassin, student reaction, and the quick removal of Vice-President Lyndon Johnson from the area.
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Student officers and leaders in 1965 listen to Bob Christiansen and other speakers at the outdoor session at Aspen Grove Family Camp. In some years the sessions have lasted more than a day and have included addresses by BYU administrators, General Au- thorities, and professors with expertise in leadership ability, planning, time management, organizational proce- dures and other pertinent subjects. The students also make their activity plans for the year.
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The annual winter carnival, when there has been sufficient snow, has always meant snow sculpture, some of it beautiful, some humorous. This entry in December, 1969, brought smiles from campus passersby. The Winter Carnival also includes election of a Snow King and a Snow Queen, based on their pro- ficiency in winter sports as well as appearance and popularity. There have also been skating parties, sleigh rides, and, of course, dances.
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An army of 2,000 BYU students de- scended upon the small Utah County community of Santaquin on October 10, 1970, for "Santaquin Day," organized by the students as a full day of clean-up, paint-up, fix-up activity. Local business- men responded with food, equipment, and supplies for the young workers, who painted about fifty homes and other structures, demolished fifteen old barns and homes, hauled away trees and old car bodies, cleaned up weeds and trash, began construction on a tennis court and fifteen tables in the park, and tackled numerous other projects. Santaquin Day was first conceived in a political science class of Dr. Doyle Buckwalter as a project to give students a chance to serve and an opportunity to plan complicated logistics. Many other students joined in, and the event was noted by national magazines and by the Office for Volunteer Action.
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Displaying the costumes of their re- spective tribes, these Indian coeds per- form a simple dance during Indian Week, 1967-68. They are, left to right: Laura Likehin, a Winnebago from Winnebago, Nebraska; Arlene Williams, a Navajo from Clifton, Arizona; Mar- garet Red Elk, first attendant to Miss Indian BYU, a Sioux from Poplar, Montana; Vickie Washburn, Miss In- dian BYU, a Comanche-Choctaw from Apache, Oklahoma; Edith Begay, sec- ond attendant, a Navajo from Fruitland, New Mexico; and Janice Perry, a Piute from Tuba City, Arizona. About seventy-seven tribes are represented on campus.
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The 600 American Indian students at BYU — the largest Indian enrollment at any university in the United States — are held in special regard on campus. Each autumn the Indian students, under sponsorship of The Tribe of Many Feathers, elect Miss Indian BYU, who presides over annual Indian Week and who occupies a place of honor at all Indian student activities on campus during the year. Elected Miss Indian BYU for 1970-71 was Nora Begay, a Navajo. Her attendants were Betty Henderson, left, also Navajo, and Beverly Ketcher, Cherokee. The follow- ing summer Miss Begay was elected Miss Indian America at the nationwide All-American Indian Days at Sheridan, Wyoming.
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The bells and feathers belie the sophisti- cation of the BYU Indian students, who major in all traditional University aca- demic areas and who have an exception- ally high ratio of degrees. They are accepted to graduate programs in medicine, engineering, law, and others. BYU also sponsors seventy-one agri- cultural and homemaking projects for Indians at their own farms and com- munities in the Western United States, Canada, and Mexico through the BYU Institute of American Indian Services and Research.
Indian Week at BYU includes not only the Miss Indian BYU Pageant, but also Indian dances on the patio of the Wilkinson Center; displays of Indian crafts such as grinding corn, making bread, and weaving; and the usual "Lamanite Extravaganza,” a spectacular stage show produced entirely by the Indian students. Performing in this photograph are Cecil Jack, left, a Huala- pai from Grand Canyon, Arizona; Karen Hamana, a Hopi- from Tuba City, Arizona; and Grant Williams with his young son, Alan, Comanches from Duncan, Oklahoma.
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The Navajo section of The Lamanite Generation poses on the steps of the national Capitol during a nationwide entertainment tour during the summer of 1974. The group, organized by Pro- gram Bureau Artistic Director Jane Thompson in 1971, performed here, at Disney World, at the Statue of Liberty, and at numerous other stops. During the same summer, ten members of the troupe, under the direction of Miss Thompson, made their first USO tour of Europe. Their program includes Indian and modern songs and dances, some accompanied by sign language. They present such impressive numbers as ''Ancient Days,” a song composed by Miss Thompson that tells of the upward striving pf the original Americans. They also sing "Go My Son,” a song composed by BYU students that tells the American Indian to get an educa-
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tion, and "Cherokee Nation," a song and dance number that describes the fate of the Indian.
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Ruth Ann Brown, left; Ima Naranjo, and Millie Cody, all Navajo students at BYU, performed for the Lamanite Generation entertainment group (1972).
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Students come to BYU from every state in the nation and from about seventy foreign countries. Foreign students total over 1,200, or about 5 percent of the student body. Their activities are coordinated through the International Student Office, and every year they organize to present International Week on campus — a week of foreign enter- tainment, food, displays, and discus- sions. This colorful display in the Wil- kinson Center was arranged by the Chinese Club in February, 1969. American students who have served in foreign lands as missionaries or service- men or who are majoring in the lan- guage are accepted into membership in the foreign clubs.
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Each year during the 1950s and 1960s one of the most colorful assemblies of the year was presented by the Poly- nesian Club, which also participates in International Week and sponsors its own Polynesian Week. Polynesian Week in 1968 included a spectacular pageant in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium that portrayed the his- torical background of the islands. Here the Hawaiian religion in the person of the kneeling priest (Victor Becenti) is blended with Christianity (rector Philip Walker) at the coronation of King Kalakaua and Queen Kapiolani (John R. Topolinski and Donna Chun). Decora- tions are the feather leis and towering feather kahilis (standards) made by hand for the occasion.
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During the winter of 1960 at BYU, James Mugwero, a student from Kenya, Africa, examined the first snow he had ever seen.
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The singing Huang sisters from Taiwan made their BYU debut at the annual "Fieldhouse Frolics" during Home- coming Week, 1971. The sisters, who are popular television stars in their home country, are Lucy, Christine, Michele, and Peggy.
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William Noble Waite, left, head of the first full-time fund-raising operation at BYU, and Dr. Kent McKnight (botany), admire a collection of orchids given to BYU. Mr. Waite was president of the South Los Angeles Stake of the Church and principal of the Huntington Park High School at the time of his ap- pointment in October, 1957, as assistant to the president of BYU to head the BYU Destiny Fund. He was an ex- perienced fund-raiser, having headed the fund drive for the Los Angeles LDS Temple, bond drives for Los Angeles City Schools, and the fund drive for a district PTA child clinic. After raising $5 million for BYU development funds, he was called in 1962 to preside over the North Scotland Mission of the Church.
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Raymond E. Beckham, right, who had served as executive secretary of the Alumni Association from 1954, left that position in 1964 to assume duties as director of the University Development Program. He directed the establishment of the BYU National Development Ad- visory Council in October, 1966, when this photograph was taken with Elder Delbert L. Stapley of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, left (a member of the advisory committee), and David M. Kennedy, nationally prominent banker and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (chairman). The organization set up a national operation with chairmen for friends and parents committees, de- ferred gifts, alumni gifts, foundations, business and industry, annual giving, and mineral development.
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A substantial boost to the BYU de- velopment efforts was supplied by world famous professional golfer Billy Casper, who received the Exemplary Manhood Award of the Associated Men Students in 1967 and who was named national volunteer chairman of the Department of Annual Giving for BYTJ in 1969, to be assisted by his wife, Shirley. Billy and Shirley Casper were hosted at BYU by David B. Haight, left, assistant to the BYU president and later an assistant to the Council of the Twelve Apostles, and Donald T. Nelson, right, who suc- ceeded Raymond E. Beckham as de- velopment director. Mr. Nelson was named head of the organization when it was taken over by the Office of Church Education, becoming "The Develop- ment Office" in 1973 to generate fi- nancial support not only for the world- wide educational system of the Church and Church Health Services but also for BYU. Its headquarters remained on BYU campus.
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In addition to its organized fund drives, BYU also often receives special gifts, such as a 3,000-volume Victorian lit- erature collection valued at $143,000
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for the Harold B. Lee Library donated in 1969 by Roy E. Christensen, center, president of Beverly Enterprises. Also examining the manuscripts are Donald K. Nelson, left, director of libraries, and Dr. Robert K. Thomas, academic vice-president and professor of English literature.
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A major activity in support of the Uni- versity's fund-raising efforts is the annual Telefund campaign, sponsored by the Alumni Association annually throughout the United States. In this operation teams of alumni or students man batteries of telephones to call BYU alumni and friends in various localities to obtain donation pledges. Working this Telefund night on March 9, 1965, were Collin Allen, left; Paul Washburn, Ford Paulson, Glen Thomas, Thomas Taylor, and C. O. Lambert.
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Alumni through the years have con- tributed to BYU development through class gifts. This check for $59,360 was donated by "Reunioning Classes" in 1968. Representatives were Robert Klein, 1948; William Sorensen, 1938; President Ernest L. Wilkinson, 1921; F. M. Haycock, 1928; Frank Gardner, 1943; C. Joseph Rowberry, 1953; Grant S. Thorn, 1933; Fred Markham, 1923; Stan Collins, 1958; and Norm Nielsen, 1963.
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A ribbon-cutting ceremony formally opening the 1200 North Street entrance to BYU campus was held December 2, 1965, with city officials and many foreign students present. The thirty- two-foot sign on the south side of the entrance reads: "The World Is Our
Campus." A slogan of the same size on the north side of the street reads: "Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve." About 1,200 BYU students come from foreign countries all over the world. Nearly 8,000 are returned missionaries who have served foreign missions. BYU is known worldwide, too, for the
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talent tours it sends to the United States and abroad. And the University sends its authorities and students to advise and study in many lands.
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BYU influence abroad (beginning with President Franklin S. Harris's travels in the 1920s and 1930s) has been exer- cised by many BYU professors who have served as advisers, teachers, sci- entific consultants, and administrative organizers in many lands. This trio — Dr. Dean A. Peterson, Dr. Max Berry- essa, and Dr. Reed Bradford — point on the globe to Iran, where they partici- pated in a U.S. educational mission in 1951.
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In her typical style, Jane Thompson, the genius and spark behind BYU Program Bureau contemporary entertainment productions, stands while playing the piano for a variety show. The Public Service Bureau was a forerunner of the Program Bureau during the administra- tion of President Harris. However, the modern Program Bureau with its bright, fast-moving shows was pioneered in 1952 when "Janie,” under the direction of the Office of University Relations, organized student talent on campus. The following year "Happy Holidays" was televised live in the Fieldhouse. Since then Janie has traveled hundreds of thousands of miles with shows of her creation, such as "Curtain Time USA," "Holiday in the USA," "Young Ambassadors," "International Holiday," "Say It with Music," "Startime BYU," "The Lamanite Generation," and many others. The USO and the armed ser- vices have honored her several times
for her services; she has received the Kiwanis International "Ambassadors Award"; and November 14, 1968, was proclaimed "Janie Thompson Day" in Provo.
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In the spring of 1965, twenty-five talented members of the Program Bu- reau toured eighteen Middle Eastern and European countries sponsored by the U.S. Department of State as a college-to-college goodwill visit to im- prove relations and impressions of American youth. The plan was a great success as the BYU students were ac- claimed everywhere. The accompany- ing photograph shows the scene in Petal, Nepal, where the group played to a large crowd, intrigued by the Ameri-
cans. They performed not only for students but for kings, ambassadors, ministers, and governors, and enjoyed a three-hour visit with Jordan's King Hussein. At the end of the regular tour to Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, the United Arab Republic, the Syrian Republic, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France and England, they performed at the New York World's Fair; at the American legation to the United Nations, attended by Ambassador Adlai Stevenson; in the Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.; and for the Virginia LDS Stake.
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This pretty quintet was prominently featured in the "Holiday in the USA"
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show of the BYU Program Bureau which appeared throughout the Pacific Com- mand in 1965 — Sally Flynn, left; Patti Petersen, Terry Douglas, Sandi Jensen, and Stefenee Nielsen. Sandi and Sally went on to fame in the Lawrence Welk nationally televised show. Patti Petersen became a Holly- wood star as Heather Young, and was featured in the long television series "Valley of the Giants."
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What could be more American than a moonwalker (Tom Zimmerman), a cowboy (Scott Taylor), a baseball player (Alan Cherry), and a beautiful Indian girl (Vickie Washburn)? They were part of a talented Program Bureau troupe which toured the Orient in 1970 with a show called "Holiday in the USA," under the direction of Jane Thompson. In addition to entertaining servicemen in Korea, Guam, Japan, Okinawa, the Philippines, and Hawaii, they appeared in "Expo 70" at Osaka, Japan. The cast changes as students
graduate, but new talent is constantly added for top-level entertainment. The group has also appeared in Europe, Canada, Greenland, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. In 1973 they made a six-week's tour of Central and South America under the direction of Harry Schultz, traveling over 17,000 miles and performing before over 53 million tele- vision viewers and 26,000 persons in auditoriums.
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This group is part of the "BYU Sounds" (or "Sounds of Freedom") which toured southern Africa during the summer of 1974, under the direction of creative director Harry Schultz and manager John G. Kinnear, director of the Office of University Programs. Said one newspaper reviewer: "They're pure,
they're clean, they're fresh. Children of the American dream we thought was dead; they stepped right out of a tooth- paste ad! They're a Norman Rockwell painting of decent, middleclass Ameri- can youth come alive. This was one of
the finest variety shows — professional or amateur — this city has ever seen."
First directed by Ted Buckland, from Chico, California, in 1966 the group was formed to present patriotic pro- grams but has added a modern variety show. The BYU Sounds of Freedom toured the Orient in 1970 and the Caribbean in 1971 under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Defense. They have also toured throughout the United States and Canada in many mid-semes- ter tours. They have performed at "Hemisphere 68" in Texas; "Expo 70" in Osaka, Japan; at Disneyland, Cali- fornia; on the Ed Sullivan television show in New York; and on television programs in Korea, Panama, and in several states in America.
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Five associate directors cooperated with the conductor. Dr. Crawford Gates, in preparing the combined choruses and orchestra of 400 student musicians for their unprecedented tour of California in 1963. Discussing the production of the program — Bach's "Magnificat in D" and Walton's "Belshazzar's Feast" — are Dr. Gates, left; Dr. John R. Halliday, Oratorio Choir; Professor Lawrence Sardoni, Symphony Orches- tra; Professor Maughan McMurdie, Men's and Women's Choruses; Kurt Weinzinger, A Cappella Choir; and Dr. Ralph Laycock, Concert Band.
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Vivacious Mary Bee Jensen, associate professor of recreation education, or- ganized the BYU International Folk Dancers in 1956 from students in her classes to provide entertainment for a local banquet program. They were im- mediately popular, and soon began touring throughout the Western States. With acquisition of authentic costumes of many nations and expert instruction by folk dance authorities from other countries, the group became probably the outstanding folk dance organization in the United States and soon began representing not only the school but also the state and the United States abroad. On the 1974 tour of Europe (the tenth), USA membership was con- ferred at the world conference of the Confederation of Folklore Festivals in Billingham, England, and Mrs. Jensen was accepted as the U.S. delegate, with Dr. Clayne Jensen, dean of the College of Physical Education, as alternate. In this photograph, Mrs. Jensen, right, teaches students the dance of a foreign land.
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The great chorus and orchestra of the BYU Music Department practice in the ballroom of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in preparation for their tour of California in 1963. The ballroom was later partitioned into two floors of of- fices for members of the religion faculty.
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James H. Lawrence, long-time manager of BYU talent tours, tries to figure how he is going to get all of those people in buses, restaurants, and homes as the 400 BYU musicians prepare for their 1963 California tour.
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A line of BYU International Folk Dancers swirls in a high-spirited Hungarian "Czardas,” a dance portray- ing the beauty and femininity of the Hungarian girl and showing off the workmanship of finely embroidered costumes.
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The first American folk dance team to represent the United States in Europe, the BYU dancers have earned a reputa- tion of excellence both on and off the stage in almost every country in Europe. They have appeared in folk festivals in many countries; on German, Spanish, French, Norwegian, and Belgian nation- al television before millions of viewers; before Princess Grace in Monaco along- side dancers from all over Europe; in famous entertainment centers, such as Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen; and in famous theaters, such as Salle Playel in Paris and Turku Konserttisalli, Finland. On one of their tours of the United States they also appeared at the Lincoln Center in New York City, where they received a standing ovation. In this photograph, the 1968 touring group kicks up its heels in an American hoe- down in front of Schoten Castle, Bel- gium. Most of the European tours pre- sent "America through Dance," while the U.S. tours present dances of other nations.
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Excited about their departure on January 27, 1968, for the "BYU Semester
Abroad" are Judy Willis, left; Maureen Brown, Darlene Dursteler, and Nancy Stromberg. The captain of the airplane shares their excitement as does BYU Travel Studies Director Robert Taylor (rear). The Semester Abroad program was originated in 1964 under the aegis of Acting President Earl C. Crockett and later became the Half-Year Abroad, with programs in Salzburg, Paris, Jerusalem, Madrid, and London. Year- round headquarters are maintained at these centers. Students in the centers are taught by BYU professors as well as by local university professors in the country's history, arts, language, reli- gion, political science, and archaeology.
In addition, BYU Travel Studies operates dozens of travel study tours lasting from several weeks to several months to such areas as the Orient, Europe, the Bible lands, church history sites, Latin America, and even around the world.
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Dr. Ralph Woodward, conductor of the A Cappella Choir, shows Dr. A. Harold Goodman, chairman of the Music De- partment, the trophy the Choir received for winning first place in the Inter- national Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales, in 1968.
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After its triumph in Wales in 1968, the BYU A Cappella Choir toured Europe three other times through 1974. In this photograph it was performing in an outdoor concert at the Doges Palace in Venice, Italy, in 1972. It was also named "Best International Choir" at the Linz, Austria, Centennial Festival in 1970; it was the first non-Catholic choir to sing in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1970, and it repeated the performance in 1972; it performed at the 350th an- niversary of the sailing of the May- flower in Plymouth, England; it was the special guest of the Mayor of Lyons, France, for the city's July 4 celebration
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in 1970; and it toured the Scandinavian countries for three weeks in May, 1974.
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This happy crew toured Europe for three months in 1968, performing Bye Bye, Birdie for servicemen and LDS Church groups under the direction of Dr. Harold I. Hansen. He had pre- viously taken the dramatic productions The Man Who Came to Dinner and Blithe Spirit to the Orient. In 1974 Hello Dolly went to the Orient under the direction of Charles Henson.
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This was the scene in London's famous Royal Albert Hall on May 28, 1971, as the BYU Ballroom Dance Team cap- tured the World's Amateur Modern Ballroom Dancing championship — the first American team to compete in ball- room dancing abroad. On the same trip they also won the British Formation Ballroom championship in Blackpool, England, and presented an exhibition of Latin dancing at Manchester, England, and Berlin, Germany. Their Royal Albert Hall triumph was seen by mil- lions of television viewers. The team was coached by Roy and June Mavor.
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The BYU Cougar Marching Band passes the presidential reviewing stand as part of the big parade in Washington, D.C., after the inauguration of President Richard M. Nixon on January 20, 1973. The band serenaded Mr. Nixon with a special arrangement of "America the Beautiful," arranged by Dr. Ralph G. Laycock of the BYU music faculty.
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President Harry S Truman, center, chats with BYU President Ernest L. Wilkinson and Church President David O. McKay at a special assembly held in the old stadium on October 6, 1952, at which President Truman gave a major address.
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Following the concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Joseph Smith auditorium in May 1953, Con- ductor Pierre Monteux was stopped on the back stairs by autograph seekers.
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Many famous symphony orchestras have visited BYU campus, and one that created a lot of enthusiasm was the New York Philharmonic in May, 1955. These students decorated a car to wel- come the musicians, who were guests of the women students at dinner in Heritage Halls.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra congratulates piano soloist Grant Johannesen after the orchestra and the visiting artist thrilled the large audience in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse with a performance of Beethoven's Concerto No. 3 in C Minor. The BYU lyceum committee, headed by Herald R. Clark, also sponsored the New York Philharmonic concert in the Salt Lake Tabernacle the previous night (May 12, 1955).
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Cecil B. DeMille, famous producer of motion picture spectaculars such as King of Kings and The Ten Command- ments, clutches his diploma and ac- knowledges applause after receiving the Honorary Doctor of Laws degree at commencement exercises in May, 1957, in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse. Church President David O. McKay, who presided, and Dr. Gerrit de Jong, Jr., dean of the College of Fine Arts, who read the citation, take their places on the stand after the conferring cere- mony.
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When he was Vice-President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon spoke on the containment of communism to the Brigham Young University student body on October 17, 1958, in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse. He mentioned on that occasion that he had visited BYU previously — back in 1933 when he was a member of the Whittier College debate team. The Y News of January 28, 1933, reported: "Brigham Young University's negative debating team, composed of Wendell Jacob and Weldon Taylor, last night won a two to one judges' decision of a team composed of Richard Nixon and Joseph Sweeney, representing Whittier College of Cali- fornia."
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The great American poet and biog- rapher, Carl Sandburg, spoke in an assembly in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse in May, 1959, and in commencement exercises he received the Honorary Doctor of Literature de- gree. He was introduced in the as- sembly by President Ernest L. Wilkin- son, right.
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The speaker in the outstanding forum lecture series on October 19, 1959, was Carlos Romulo of the Philippines, former president of the United Nations General Assembly. Afterward he was surrounded by students and faculty members: Herald R. Clark, above left, former dean of the College of Business and Lyceum chairman; Edwin Butter- worth, News Bureau director; and Lavar Rockwood, assistant dean of students.
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In one of its rare appearances at Brig- ham Young University, in 1961 the Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir performed Brahms's "Requiem," in combination with the BYU Symphony Orchestra in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse.
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For several years in the 1960s BYU cooperated with KSL, The Deseret News, and The Improvement Era in
awarding the annual "Family Movie of the Year" award in an effort to en- courage better motion pictures suitable for family viewing. The winning film in 1965 was "Follow Me, Boys," pro- duced by Walt Disney Studios. Hon- ored in an assembly on March 30, 1965, were Miss Vera Miles, star of the show, and Winston Hibler, center, director. Their host for the day at BYU was W. O. Whitaker, left, director of the BYU Motion Picture Production De- partment and a former employee of Disney Studios.
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Vice-President of the United States Hubert H. Humphrey was a visitor to BYU campus on October 21, 1966, and spoke in an assembly in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse. In this photo- graph he is surrounded by students wishing to shake his hand. At his right is U.S. Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah.
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Paul Harvey, left, nationally noted columnist and radio commentator, was greeted by student body president Paul Gilbert when he came to campus to speak at a Freedom Festival sponsored by BYU students on December 7, 1967 (Pearl Harbor Day), in the George Al-
bert Smith Fieldhouse. Viewing the thousands of students who had gathered for a reaffirmation of their patriotism, Harvey said, "This is what I call a demonstration." Reporting on BYU in his broadcast the next day he said, "These days many young eyes are pre- maturely old from countless com- promises with conscience. But young lads and ladies of BYU have that en- viable headstart which derives from discipline, dedication, and consecra- tion. For that campus literally and figuratively is built on a rock!"
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U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was swamped by student well-wishers when he visited BYU campus and spoke in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse on March 28, 1968, during the national campaign activity when he was seeking nomination as Democratic presidential candidate. He was shot by an assassin on June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles, and died the next day.
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Vice-President of the United States Spiro T. Agnew visited BYU campus and was an assembly speaker on May 8, 1969, in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse. He returned during the campaign year on October 24, 1972, and spoke in the Marriott Center.
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Tricia Nixon, daughter of President Richard M. Nixon, visited BYU campus during Homecoming week, 1970, and spoke to student groups. She received a "mum” corsage with a blue ”Y” and a set of scriptures.
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President and Mrs. Ernest L. Wilkinson of BYU held a reception in the Skyroom on January 22, 1971, for Princess Irene of Greece, left; internationally famous pianist Gina Bachauer, and Utah Sym- phony Orchestra conductor Maurice Abravanel, right, following a concert in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse in which the Princess and Miss Bachauer played the Mozart "Concerto in E-flat for Two Pianos" with the Utah Sym- phony Orchestra.
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C. Rodney Kimball, trainer and in- structor in physical education who started with BYU in 1937, tapes up the injured knee of basketballer Brian Am- brosich. "Rod" has traveled with BYU teams of all sports to South America, Europe, the South Pacific, and through- out the United States, binding up the athletes with miles of adhesive tape every year, keeping them in training, and treating their aches, pains, bruises, and blisters.
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Dr. Wendell Vance, physician for BYU athletic teams since 1960, patches up a cut on the face of Tim Russell during a football game (1965). Dr. Vance has also traveled throughout the world with BYU teams.
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Floyd Johnson, athletic equipment man- ager, has been keeping uniforms clean and repaired and the extensive para- phernalia of sports activity ready for
use since 1956. But Floyd is also a kind of father figure with whom athletes share personal problems and from whom they receive sage advice.
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Marvin Roberson, who joined the BYU staff in 1966, is also an instructor in physical education and a trainer of BYU athletic teams. Photographed here tap- ing up a weakened ankle, "Marv" has also worked with professional football teams and foreign teams in the Olym- pics. He has been an effective recruiter of foreign athletes.
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Charles L. (Chick) Atkinson, head foot- ball coach at BYU from 1949 to 1955, poses with his 1954 co-captains Marion Probert (left) and Dick Felt. Coach Atkinson had a record of 18 wins, 49 losses, and 3 ties.
Dick Felt was an all-conference back, graduating in 1958. After service in the U.S. Air Force, he played professional football with the New York Titans (1960-61) and with the Boston Patriots (1962) as a cornerback, winning all-pro honors and playing in two all-star games. He joined the BYU coaching staff in 1967 as coordinator of defensive backs.
Marion Probert became a physician and surgeon. He was killed in an air- plane crash on November 27, 1965, one of thirteen BYU fans who lost their lives when a chartered airplane crashed at Point-of-the-Mountain. The plane was flying from Salt Lake City to Provo to pick up more fans for the trip to a BYU-New Mexico football game in Albuquerque.
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The Cougars lured Hal Kopp, former head coach at Rhode Island, to the Provo campus to take over the head coaching chores. Kopp (center) chose as his as- sistants, left to right: Allan Davis,
Owen Dixon, Max Tolbert, and Tally Stevens. Kopp, who brought a sprin- kling of Eastern talent with him, was head coach for three seasons (1956-58).
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The football coaching staff at BYU in 1960 consisted of Head Coach Tally Stevens (seated); Chris Apostol, left; Owen Dixon, Hal Mitchell, Glen Tuckett, and Carl Rollins. Stevens was named head coach of the Cougars the year before, succeeding Hal Kopp, and completed a two-year win-loss record of 6-15. He was succeeded by Hal Mit- chell, who coached three years (1961- 63) with a record of 8-22.
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A nearly legendary figure of the early sixties was Eldon "The Phantom" Fortie, who won All-American honors in 1962 as a single-wing tailback for the Cougars. Fortie, from Salt Lake City, led the nation in total offense for awhile and finished second in the na- tion in rushing and third in scoring, gaining 1,963 yards in his senior year. He was responsible for twenty-one touchdowns and was named to several All-American first-team selections (sec- ond on the wire service choices) as a
result of his great run-pass threat from the single-wing. In three years with the Cougars, Fortie had over 3,000 yards total offense. His jersey, number 40, was later retired.
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Tommy Hudspeth, who coached eight seasons at BYU (1964-71) is pictured here with three standouts from the team that captured the Western Ath- letic Conference football championship in 1965: defensive end Glenn Gardner (74), defensive back Curg Belcher (46),
and quarterback Virgil Carter (14). Carter electrified the league for three seasons, and his national record of 599 yards total offense in one game (Texas- El Paso in 1966) still stands as an NCAA record.
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Several brother combinations have been involved in Cougar sports over the years, but none better known on the gridiron than the Ogden brothers, John and Steve. The duo from Tarzana, California, were backs on the BYU teams of the mid-sixties (1964-66). John (32), a fullback, established himself as one of the great runners in the Rocky Moun- tain-Southwest, winning the Western Athletic Conference rushing champion- ship for three consecutive years. He is the only back in the history of the WAC to be so honored. John carried the ball 535 times over a three-year period, and was thrown for a loss only twice. He averaged 4.5 yards per carry during his playing career at BYU. Steve Ogden, a wingback, joined his brother at BYU after serving a Church mission. Steve, too, won three letters at BYU.
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Riding the football hitting sled powered by three Cougar backs are the 1964 Homecoming royalty. Queen Judy Green, front, and attendants Dana Rosada and Julie Ann Pauli. The foot- ball players are Curg Belcher, Kent Oborn, and quarterback Virgil Carter. Virgil Carter later married Queen Judy and played professionally as quarter- back for the Chicago Bears, the Cin- cinnati Bengals, and the Chicago Fires.
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A memorable first in football annals at BYU was the Cougars' first-ever win over Utah in Provo. Floyd Millet's and Hal Kopp's teams previously had beaten Utah in Salt Lake City, but Hud- speth's team pulled it off in Provo in 1965, and he was carried off the field on the shoulders of his players. The final score over the Utes was 25-20 in a Homecoming game played in the Cou- gars' new stadium. Hudspeth and the Cougars went on to win the Conference championship, plus two more back-to- back wins over the Cougars' northern rivals.
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Prior to the construction of the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse, which was opened with the 1951-52 season, the Cougars played their home games in the Springville High School Gymnasium. Capacity crowds were assured for each game at Springville, and very often three or four hundred over capacity were on hand to see players like Mel Hutchins (14), Roland Minson (11), and Joe Nelson (6) play rivals like Utah State.
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The summer of 1950 found the Cougars on a thirty-three-day tour of South America, where they were undefeated in twelve games. It was the school's first trip abroad, and part of the time was spent visiting local Church branches. Members of the BYU team were, kneel- ing, Bob Craig, Boyd Jarman, Loren Dunn, Mel Hutchins, Jerry Romney, Leon Heaps; standing. Coach Stan Watts, Joe Richey, Richard Jones, Ro- land Minson, Don Malmrose, Russ Hillman, Harold Christensen, and trainer Rod Kimball. The Cougars came home, captured the Skyline Six Con- ference championship, won the NIT Title in Madison Square Garden in New York, and played three games in the NCAA finals.
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Capping a very successful basketball season, members of the 1950-51 squad won three straight in the National In- vitational Tournament with decisive wins over St. Louis, Seton Hall, and Dayton in Madison Square Garden. The starting five on the team consisted of Joe Richey, left; Roland Minson, Jerry Romney, Mel Hutchins, and Harold Christensen. In the back- ground behind Coach Stan Watts, who is holding the tournament trophy, are Director of Athletics Edwin R. Kimball and Elder Ezra Taft Benson of the Coun- cil of the Twelve Apostles.
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During the course of the 1965-66 season. Coach Stan Watts won his 300th game as the Cougars' head basketball coach. Although the victory came on the road while the Cougars were defeating Cor- nell in a game played in Philadelphia, the honors were saved for the first home game following the historic event. Coach Watts received a cake and a set of luggage following a 95-81 decision over Arizona State in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse. Watts went on to win over 400 games in his 23 years as head coach before leaving the post to devote full time to his position as di- rector of athletics.
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For the second time in his twenty-three- year career as head coach at BYU, Stan Watts was hoisted onto the shoulders of his players for a brief parade on the court of Madison Square Garden fol- lowing the Cougars' NIT win of 1966. Carrying the jubilant coach are Jeff Congdon, Gary Hill, and Steve Kramer.
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The starting guards on the Cougars' NIT championship team of 1966 were Jeff Congdon and Dick Nemelka, two of the finest backcourt players in BYU his- tory. A superb ball-handler who had a flare for the spectacular, Congdon lured fans to home and road games with his wizardry. Nemelka, a three-year starter who won All-American honors in his senior year, was the floor general who also set a school record of twenty-four points per game.
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One of the best records ever posted by a BYU basketball team was produced by the 1965-66 club pictured here. The team finished with a 23-8 overall record, won its second National Invitational Tournament championship, was un- defeated at home, and averaged 95.5 points per game in 30 games. It was the highest-scoring, hottest-shooting team
in the school's history. BYU played be- fore 217,574 fans that year, not includ- ing countless thousands who watched them on several telecasts. Members of the team were, kneeling, left to right: Ron Schouten, Jim Jimas, Jeff Congdon, Dick Nemelka, Ken James; standing: Gary Hill, Steve Kramer, Craig Ray- mond, Jim Eakins, Orville Fisher, Bill Ruffner, and Neil Roberts.
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Song leaders and President Ernest L. Wilkinson presented Stan Watts with a cake at the last game in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse on February 27, 1971. He entered the hospital the next day for a serious operation.
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This triumvirate of track and field coaches at BYU helped bring many honors to the school. Coach Clarence Robison, center, who started as track coach in 1949, is flanked by assistants Willard Hirschi (1964) and Sherald
James (1962). In 1974 Coach Hirschi worked with sprinters and hurdlers, while Coach James was cross country and distance coach. Coach Robison's teams claimed one NCAA team cham- pionship and fourteen conference titles. While he was a student at BYU, Coach Robison set the mile and the two-mile records, and climaxed his student track career as a member of the 1948 Olympic track team.
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Track and field competition abroad has been a regular thing under BYU track and field coach Clarence Robison. The Cougars have traveled to Europe on four occasions, meeting the best that the continent has to offer. Among those identified in the welcome at Hamburg, Germany, were Athletic Director Floyd Millet, Coach Robison, and distance runner Ray Barrus (center).
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BYU's Ralph Mann, 21 years old, set a new world record for the 440-yard intermediate hurdles at the NCAA Track and Field Championships in June, 1970, at Des Moines, Iowa, edging out the great hurdler, Wayne Collette, left, of the University of California at Los Angeles, in 48.8 seconds.
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Lots of watchers with watches formed this column of official timers who clocked races at the NCAA track and field championships held in BYU Stadium in June, 1967. One of the most successful sporting events ever held at the University, the meet was billed as a meet of champions. The field of contestants included O. J. Simpson, Jim Ryan, Bob Seagren, Randy Matson, and scores of other track and field greats. The meet was won by the Uni- versity of Southern California, and the Cougars placed fourth in the team standings.
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The locker-room gloom reflected on the faces of these 1958 BYU baseball players
didn't follow a game defeat. The somber scene was the outgrowth of a University struggle with the NCAA over Sunday playoff games. Members of Coach Jay Van Noy's team had won the division by taking a series with the University of Utah, had won the Skyline Conference by winning a series with New Mexico, and had won the region by defeating Colorado State College at Greeley, but the University turned down an invita- tion to play in the NCAA World Series in Omaha because of the school's policy of not playing ball on Sunday. The NCAA, which was then involved in considerable controversy because of the BYU stand, later relented, setting up schedules that would avoid any Sunday playoff games. But for this group, it was too late.
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Members of the Brigham Young Uni- versity 1965 baseball team stand at attention during the playing of the Mexican and United States national anthems before a game in Mexico City during a tour of Latin America. The Cougars have made several baseball tours, junketing also to Alaska and Hawaii and in 1974 playing a series of games on a successful tour of Italy.
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In the winter of I960, baseball Coach Glen Tuckett was in his freshman year as Cougar baseball coach. Indoor prac- tice at that time of year was fashionable. Tuckett has since guided the Cougars to ten division titles, three conference championships, and two NCAA district
seven crowns. The Cougars have never had a losing season under Tuckett, who was also nominated "Professor of the Year" once for his classroom techniques.
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BYU golf Coach Karl Tucker, back row left, and members of his squad had a lot to cheer about in 1966. The Cougars were undefeated in dual competition (10-0) that year and went on to capture the Western Athletic Conference cham- pionship. Members of the team were (kneeling) Mike Taylor, Buddy Allin; (standing) Coach Tucker, Jack Chap- man, Johnny Miller, and Kean Ridd. Allin went on to win many meets as a professional, and Johnny Miller became one of the top golfers of the world, winning the U.S. Open in 1973. In
1974 he tied Arnold Palmer's record of eight first-place tournament wins in a season, including the World Open, and became the all-time top money winner for one year on the professional tour, with $351,121 in tournament prizes.
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For Coach Fred Davis (right) and his wrestlers, the easiest part of the 1966 season was unpacking the conference championship trophy. It was Davis's second year as head wrestling coach at BYU, and his subsequent teams were WAC champions eight out of the next nine years. Two of the wrestlers pic- tured are Mac Motokawa (left), four- time WAC champion, and Mike Young (next to Davis), two-time conference champion.
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The University hosted several major NCAA events during the sixties, in- cluding the national wrestling cham- pionships in 1969. In March of that year Provo and BYU campus became the center of college wrestling, with scores of wrestling fans and contestants jour- neying to BYU for the finals. Six mats covered the basketball floor of the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse, and several others were needed in the annex.
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The David O. McKay Award for Ath- letic Excellence was presented to five LDS Church members of world fame at a banquet held on March 9, 1970, at BYU. Honored at the event were Billy Casper, left, winner of almost every top golf title, including the U.S. Open, the Western Open, Golfer of the Year in 1966 and 1968, the Vardon Trophy five times, and Ryder Cup team member four times; Vernon Law, BYU faculty member and former pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates, winner of the Cy Young Award given to the outstanding pitcher in the major leagues in 1960 (the same year the Pirates won the World Series, largely on his pitching); L. Jay
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Silvester, BYU faculty member and world record holder in the discus throw, who placed fourth in the Tokyo Olym- pics in 1964 and fifth in the Mexico City Olympics in 1968; and Gene Full- mer, former middleweight boxing champion of the world. Absent was Harmon Killebrew, leading home run hitter for the Minnesota Twins and Most Valuable Player in the American League in 1968.
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Floyd Millet, second from right, former director of athletics at BYU, arranged an All-American banquet on October 1, 1970, for many of the top BYU athletes. He posed here with Ralph Mann, left, track and field star who was holder of the world record in the 440-yard inter- mediate hurdles and winner of three consecutive All-American honors; Doug Howard, former All-American baseball player; and Joe Richey, All- American basketball player in 1953.
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One of only four persons to receive the rank of Distinguished Professor up to 1974 was Dr. Virginia F. Cutler, Dis- tinguished Professor of family eco- nomics and home management, who headed the Home Economics Depart- ment at the University of Utah from 1946 to 1954 and was dean of the BYU College of Family Living from 1961 to 1966. While working for the U.S. In- ternational Cooperative Administration she lived for two years in Bangkok, Thailand, and five years in Jakarta, In- donesia. She served as head of the De- partment of Home Science at the Uni- versity of Ghana, Africa, from 1966 to 1969. Here she shows African dress, jewelry, and artifacts.
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H. Tracy Hall, the first man ever to produce synthetic diamonds in the laboratory, observes his tetrahedral X-ray diffraction press, which uses a beam of X-rays to probe matter while it is subjected to temperatures and pres- sures approaching those inside the earth and the stars, repacking the atoms to create materials which are unknown in nature. Dr. Hall came to BYU in 1955 as professor of chemistry and director of research, leaving a position as re- search associate at General Electric Company in Schenectady, N.Y., where he had succeeded in making diamonds. At BYU he continued his experiments with the development of a more efficient machine on an altogether different principle. His research has led far be- yond the synthesis of diamonds into discoveries in geology, solid-state physics, chemical synthesis, and engi- neering. The work gained worldwide attention, and in 1964 he went to Paris to install a machine for the French government. Brigham Young University has accorded him the rank of Distin- guished Professor, and he has received the honors of many organizations, in- cluding the Modern Pioneers in Crea- tive Industry Award of the National Association of Manufacturers and the Chemical Pioneer Award of the Ameri- can Institute of Chemists.
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Another of the University's four Dis- tinguished Professors is Dr. Antone K. Romney, Distinguished Professor of comparative and international educa- tion, who joined the BYU faculty in 1945 and served at various times as dean of the College of Education, vet- erans affairs coordinator. Counseling
Service chairman, professor of philos- ophy of education and guidance, dean of students, and acting dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. In his extensive experience in studying educational systems of the world, he was a member of the pro- fessional teams that studied education in Russia in 1958 and 1960, investi- gated education in Japan and Korea in 1959, and in 1962 toured ten African nations. He also conducted field studies in the United Arab Republic, New Zealand, Australia, India, Jordan, Israel, Spain, and West Africa.
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Dr. Stewart L. Grow, Distinguished Professor of political science joined the History and Political Science faculty in 1947 and was appointed first chairman of the separate Department of Political Science in 1956, serving until 1961. In 1959-60 he was also acting dean of the Graduate School, and students elected him "Professor of the Year." He be- came first director of the Institute of Government Service in 1961, serving until 1970. Before joining the BYU faculty he served in the U.S. Treasury Department; as assistant to Congress- man J.W. Robinson of Utah and Senator John H. Overton of Louisiana; as ad- ministrative officer. War Production Board; as senior administrative officer. Office of Price Administration; and as a major in the Army Air Force organiza- tional planning and management con- trol in World War II.
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President and Mrs. Wilkinson were presented to the audience by President Harold B. Lee at an assembly held on March 9, 1971, when President Wilkin- son's resignation was announced. On that occasion a resolution of the Board of Trustees honoring President Wilkin- son was read, expressing appreciation "for his deep and lasting contributions to Brigham Young University and to education in the Church Educational System; with acknowledgement to the thousands of lives affected by his leadership, and special appreciation for his devotion and his vigor in pursuing quality as well as growth."
After brief remarks in which he ac- knowledged the guidance of the Board and the quality of the students. Presi- dent Wilkinson said, "I would be remiss on this occasion if I did not acknowl- edge the total and loving support of my
sweetheart whom I first met on this campus fifty years ago. During my tenure at this university, I know that I often made enemies, but she has always made friends. I am indebted to her for our five children, for their training, discipline, scholarship. Church activity, and testimonies, and I am grateful that not one of them by his or her conduct has ever been anything but a blessing to us."
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Thrust toward Excellence
Dallin Harris Oaks was only thirty- eight years old in 1971 when he left a position as professor of law at The Uni- versity of Chicago to become the eighth president of Brigham Young University. He was nationally prominent in the profession, serving as executive director of the American Bar Foundation, the research affiliate of the American Bar Association.
Announcement of the appointment was first made to the University com- munity at an assembly in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse on May 4,
1971, held under the direction of Presi- dent N. Eldon Tanner, second counselor in the First Presidency of the Church, and Dr. Kenneth H. Beesley, associate Church commissioner of education. On that occasion. President Oaks said, "A university is a place of learning. Its fulfillment comes in the communica- tion of truth to a receptive mind. Its most noble participants are the dedi- cated teacher and eager student. I challenge anyone to show me a greater concentration of dedicated teachers and eager students than are present on
this campus."
Dr. Oaks took over his duties on August 1, 1971, and was inaugurated in formal ceremonies in the Fieldhouse on November 12, 1971.
He was born in Provo on August 12, 1932, a son of Dr. Lloyd E. Oaks (a physician) and Stella Harris Oaks, both BYU graduates. When President Oaks's father died in 1940, Mrs. Oaks reared her two sons and a daughter alone, taught high school, and became prom- inent in civic affairs, serving as super- visor of general and adult education for Provo City Schools, a member of the City Council for two terms, assistant mayor, and acting mayor. Dallin H. Oaks married June Dixon in 1952. They now have five children.
Dallin H. Oaks graduated from BYU with high honors in 1954 in accounting and economics. At the University of Chicago Law School he received the Doctor of Law degree (J.D.) in 1957, cum laude, second in a class of 86, and was named to the Order of the Coif. In his senior year he was editor-in-chief of The University of Chicago Law Review.
He began his legal career as law clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren of the U.S. Supreme Court, then practiced three years with a large Chicago law firm, specializing in corporate litigation.
In 1961 he became associate pro- fessor of law at the University of Chi- cago and served at various times as associate dean and acting dean. He spent the summer of 1964 prosecuting criminal cases as Assistant State Attor- ney of Cook County, and the summer of 1968 as visiting professor at the Uni- versity of Michigan. In 1969 he was chairman of a University of Chicago faculty committee that resolved dis- ciplinary charges against over 150 stu- dents summoned after a sit-in at the university administration building.
He has conducted major studies of state and federal court administration and of the provision of legal services for the United States Department of Justice, the Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office of Economic Op- portunity. He was legal counsel to the
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Bill of Rights Committee of the Illinois Constitutional Convention, where he had an important role in writing the Bill of Rights for the new Illinois con- stitution adopted in 1970. He is a mem- ber of the bar in Illinois and Utah and has been admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts.
Dr. Oaks has published more than thirty articles and four books dealing with church and state, trust law, the le- gal profession, and criminal procedure. He is secretary and director of the Amer- ican Association of Presidents of In- dependent Colleges and Universities, a member of the Visiting Committee of The University of Chicago Law School, of the American Bar Association Com- mittee to Survey Legal Needs, of the Advisory Council of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Schol- ars, and of the Advisory Committee of the National Institute of Law Enforce- ment and Criminal Justice.
In Chicago he was LDS stake mission president and second counselor in the Chicago South Stake Presidency. He is currently a regional representative of the Council of the Twelve Apostles.
The dynamic young President took the reins firmly and wasted no time in implementing bold new programs and policies. With hardly time to get his feet wet, he adopted a new calendar of three semesters (the third divided into spring and summer terms), made plans for new buildings, involved students in fund raising, discontinued two colleges, and reorganized two others, reem- phasized the University's no-nonsense policy on dress and behavior, set up programs to tighten and improve the curriculum, and initiated a whole series of moves to delegate authority to deans, department chairmen, and faculty and to clarify lines of operation.
During his administration up to 1975, four projects have been started (the J. Reuben Clark Law School Building, the addition to the Harold B. Lee Library, an addition to the Bookstore, and the Centennial Carillon), and four buildings have been dedicated (the Marriott Center, the Engineering Science and
Technology Building, the James E. Talmage Mathematics and Computer Science Building, and the Joseph K. Nicholes Chemistry Stores Building).
Soon after arriving. President Oaks undertook a comprehensive fact-finding task, and conducted intensive visits to every college. President Oaks made a great many revisions as a result of those visits:
— He split the College of Physical and Engineering Sciences to form the College of Engineering Sciences and Technology and the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
— He discontinued the College of Industrial and Technical Education and transferred its programs to other col- leges.
— He changed the name of the General College to the College of Gen- eral Studies and transferred ROTC and the Honors Program to that College.
— He transferred the Computer Sci- ence Department, previously unat- tached to a college, to the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
— He split the Department of En- vironmental Design and transferred its program to two new departments, the Department of Interior Design in the College of Family Living and the De- partment of Art and Design in the Col- lege of Fine Arts and Communications.
— He merged the two-year and four- year nursing programs.
— He discontinued baccalaureate and associate degrees in genealogy.
— He dissolved the College of Reli- gious Instruction and involved faculty from every college in teaching religion so that it was not confined to one seg- ment but became University-wide.
— He eliminated credit for devo- tionals and forums and reduced assem- blies to Tuesdays only, with the Thurs- day hour reserved for seminars.
All of these changes and many more, he said, were in keeping with his goals: "first, to reinforce our drive for excel- lence as an academic institution, and second, to preserve the distinctive spiritual character and standards of BYU."
In addition to his regular duties and the demanding schedule of his reorgani- zation, he found time to make more than fifty speeches during his first year, from New York to Hawaii, and spent great amounts of time organizing the new J. Reuben Clark Law School.
"I am disposed to delegate authority," President Oaks said. "I believe in hold- ing deans and department heads re- sponsible for the conduct of their pro- grams, and I expect high quality per- formance. At the same time, our execu- tives need to be given the administra- tive authority and fiscal control neces- sary to produce those results."
Accordingly, he revised budget pro- cedures and completely reorganized all committees, councils, and boards who do much of the University's work. He also established a Faculty Advisory Council by popular election and also an Administrative Advisory Council to represent nonfaculty personnel. In ad- dition, new retirement policies were adopted, new retirement benefits in- stituted, and formal policies stated for the appointment and retention of faculty members.
From the beginning. Dr. Oaks's friendly, unruffled, and gentle yet firm personality endeared him to faculty and students, and his keen ability to cut quickly and logically through problems while showing confidence and concern for faculty and students won their re- spect and admiration.
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Dallin H. Oaks as a football player for Brigham Young High School.
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With their furniture still stacked on the lawn in front of the President's Home on campus. President and Mrs. Dallin H. Oaks confer with upholsterer John Paulson while waiting for the home to be renovated during the summer of 1971.
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The family inauguration portrait, taken in the President's Home on BYU cam- pus in 1971, shows President and Mrs. Dallin H. Oaks with their family: Dallin D., 11, and TruAnn, 9, seated beside their parents; and standing, Cheri, 17, Lloyd, 14, and Sharmon, 18.
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President Dallin H. Oaks, right, at his inauguration as eighth president of Brigham Young University on Novem- ber 12, 1971, in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse. President Joseph Fielding Smith, second from right, pre- sided at the services; President N. Eldon Tanner, left, second counselor in the First Presidency of the Church, conducted the program; and President Harold B. Lee, then first counselor in the First Presidency, conducted the in- stallation of Dr. Oaks and delivered the charge. President Lee told the new president to "reach into that spiritual dimension, for answers, which, if you seek earnestly, will secure for you not only our blessings but the sublime wit- ness in your heart that your acts, your life, and your labors have the seal of ap- proval of the Lord and creator of us
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through a period of extraordinary growth at BYU. We are entering a period of maturing, deepening, refining, and upgrading the quality of all our efforts," he concluded.
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Dr. Edward H. Levi, left, president of the University of Chicago, delivered the inaugural address at the inaugura- tion of President Oaks. Dr. Levi, who became U.S. Attorney General in Feb- ruary, 1975, emphasized that univer- sities cannot preempt — they can only assist — "the search for truth that can add values which arise from their mis- sion." Other speakers were Neal A. Maxwell, commissioner of Church edu- cation; Reed N. Wilcox, student body president; Don M. Alder, president of the Alumni Association; and Dr. Jae R. Ballif, chairman of the Faculty Advisory Council. Music was furnished by the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra and Oratorio Choir.
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On inaugural day for President Oaks, hundreds of administrators, faculty, and guests lined up in the annex of the Fieldhouse for the procession to the main auditorium. For the formal occa- sion dignitaries and honored guests wore the academic caps and gowns sig- nifying their positions. Attending were hundreds of representatives of colleges, universities, and scholarly societies from throughout the United States and abroad, who marched into the Field- house according to the founding dates of their institutions.
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Sitting on the front row, the Oaks chil- dren were engrossed in the important ceremonies involving their father at his inauguration: Lloyd, left; Cheri, Shar- mon, Dallin D., and TruAnn.
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Women of the family proudly watch as Dr. Oaks is inaugurated as eighth presi- dent of BYU: Mrs. Dallin H. Oaks, left; her mother, Mrs. True C. Dixon; Presi- dent Oaks's mother, Mrs. Stella H. Oaks; and her mother, Mrs. Chasty O. Harris.
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The Wilkinson Center ballroom was filled with guests for the luncheon and reception honoring President and Mrs. Oaks following the inaugural cere- monies.
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A new BYU flag, designed by Alex Darais of the art faculty, right, and made by the “Betsy Ross" of the BYU Campus Couture, Jerry Campbell, left, was first flown at the inauguration of President Oaks. Professor Darais's de- sign was chosen from among dozens of entries submitted in the competition and reviewed by BYU executives and the Office of the Church Commissioner of Education. The flag consists of two horizontal stripes in the school's colors of white and royal blue. “BYU" appears in blue modified block letters on a white background on the lower half of the flag. The traditional symbol of the bee- hive appears in gold on the blue upper portion, along with the University motto, “The Glory of God is Intelli- gence." Although BYU previously had other flags, none could be found for the inauguration.
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The three living presidents of BYU met in the Archives Department of the Harold B. Lee Library in October, 1972, to discuss the history of the University. Holding photos of all the BYU presi- dents are Howard S. McDonald, left; Ernest L. Wilkinson, and Dallin H. Oaks.
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Project LIFE (Living in a Free Environ- ment), a project aimed at encouraging personal fitness through jogging and other physical activity, was launched in the spring of 1972 when President and Mrs. Dallin H. Oaks led the way for students and faculty by jogging around the Smith Fieldhouse track. Seen get- ting away at the starting line are Presi- dent Oaks, center, with Mrs. Oaks to his right, and Dean Milton F. Hartvig- sen of the College of Physical Educa- tion at his left. Behind him is basketball Coach Glenn Potter.
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President Oaks, left, and Professor James Barton (civil engineering), chair- man of a task force on conservation of energy, prepare to turn down the cam- pus distribution valves in the heating plant. During the winter of 1973-74, a time of shortages because of oil em- bargoes, BYU complied with a White House request and a national movement to keep rooms heated only to 68 de- grees, to reduce driving speeds to 55 miles per hour, to turn out all lights not in use, and to cut off all fans and motors not absolutely needed.
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While eager freshmen look on. Presi- dent Oaks throws the first bucket of whitewash on the block "Y" during orientation week, 1974, reviving the tradition of refurbishing the big letter with student muscle via the bucket brigade. During the previous two years only a few students had partici- pated, aided by helicopters and per- sonnel from the Physical Plant Depart- ment. After the big job the students were served soda pop and watermelon at the base of Y Mountain.
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President Oaks gives his daughter Sharmon (Mrs. Jack Ward) a con- gratulatory hug at Commencement exercises in April, 1974.
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President Oaks was the speaker at the dedication of three buildings on Febru- ary 19, 1974. Dedicated were the Engi- neering Sciences and Technology
Building (where these services were held), the James E. Talmage Mathe- matical Sciences and Computer Build- ing, and the Joseph K. Nicholes Chem- istry Stores Building. On the stand also were, left: Dr. Armin J. Hill, dean of the College of Engineering Sciences and Technology; Dr. Jae R. Ballif, dean of the College of Physical and Mathe- matical Sciences; Dr. Robert K. Thom- as, academic vice-president; and Bruce L. Olsen, director of University Rela-
tions; right, back row: Fred A. Schwen- diman, assistant business vice-presi- dent; Dr. J. Elliot Cameron, dean of student life; Dr. Gary Carlson, Com- puter Center director; Sam F. Brewster, director of the physical plant; front row, Elder Delbert L. Stapley, who presided and gave the dedicatory prayer; John R. Talmage, son of James E. Talmage; former BYU President Ernest L. Wilkin- son; and Dr. Henry J. Nicholes, son of Joseph K. Nicholes.
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The Chemistry Stores Building, named in honor of Joseph K. Nicholes at the ceremonies on February 19, 1974, was completed in the fall of 1970 and is located between the Eyring Science Center and the Martin-Widtsoe Life Sciences Center, serving both areas. It is specifically designed for the storage and dispensing of chemistry supplies and equipment. About 15,000 items are stocked, serving 462 academic courses.
The building contains many special features, such as the glassblowing room, the acid dispensing stockroom, the liquid nitrogen generation rooms, spark-free blowers, glass pipes, and bulk solvent storage.
Professor Nicholes was a chemistry teacher at BYU for forty-four years and was former president of Dixie College. He played a major role in the design of the Eyring Science Center. BYU con- ferred on him the Honorary Doctor of
Science degree in 1961, and he received the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Teaching Award in 1959.
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One of the most interesting sections of the Nicholes Building is the glassblow- ing laboratory, where Bruno Szalkow- ski, who learned his skill in Germany, creates all types of complicated glass equipment for chemistry, physics, and biology laboratory experiments.
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Construction of the James E. Talmage Mathematical Sciences and Computer Building began in February, 1970, in an area between the Jesse Knight Building and the Smith Family Living Center. The three-story structure houses the BYU computer Research Center and office of Institutional Research, in addi- tion to the academic departments of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics. Also included in its 61,000 square feet of floor space are com- puter rooms, staff offices, "debugging” rooms, key punch rooms, storage rooms, five lecture rooms, and twenty-five classrooms.
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Dr. Armin J. Hill, dean of the College of Engineering Sciences and Technology, left, and assistant dean Dick W. Thur- ston were all smiles about the new Engi- neering Sciences and Technology Build- ing, seen below them in the campus panorama (March 1974). The new building opened its doors to classes for the first time in the fall semester of 1973. It is located across the mall east from the Life Sciences Center and just south of the Harvey Fletcher Laboratory Building. Construction began in the spring of 1971. The building houses the Departments of Civil, Chemical, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering as well as Technology and elements of Computer Services. It has 167,000 square feet of floor space on five stories, and its dimensions are 260 by 200 feet. There are ninety offices, eleven lecture rooms, a computer complex, and eighty- two engineering and technology labora- tories.
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Included in the many Engineering Sci- ences and Technology Building labora- tories is the spacious concrete labora- tory of the Civil Engineering Depart- ment. There in 1974 Professor Arnold Wilson developed a two-inch-thick concrete roof poured over a large um- brella-like structure covering 800 square feet — enough for a two-bed- room home.
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The site chosen for the Marriott Center north of the Smoot Administration Building was formerly occupied by 150 temporary war surplus homes of Wy- view Village, which were moved to the location from Mountain Home Air Base, Idaho, in 1957. When the village was removed to make way for the big arena, 150 new trailer homes for married students were erected on North University Avenue west of the Stadium and called "Wyview Park.”
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Wyview Park, constructed to accommo- date married students after Wyview Village was removed to make way for the Marriott Center.
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The gigantic Marriott Center, largest auditorium building on any campus in the United States, was started during the spring of 1970 under the adminis- tration of President Ernest L. Wilkinson and was opened for its first event, the BYU Classic, on December 3-4, 1971, under the administration of President Dallin H. Oaks. In its first year, the 23,000-seat arena enabled BYU home basketball games to exceed the all-time national attendance record by more than 5,000 persons per game. The building measures 380 by 340 feet and covers nearly three acres, enough space to place two football fields side by side. The construction contract was let in December, 1969, to Kent Tolboe, Tolboe Construction Company, Salt Lake City. “The outstanding feature of the build- ing is its size," said Robert Fowler, architect. “It is approximately 25 per- cent larger than any other campus arena in the country."
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The gigantic roof of the Marriott Center was constructed on the ground. The completed single-span spaceframe is the largest of its kind in this country, weighing four million pounds and covering 130,000 square feet. After being assembled with 50,000 bolts, it was lifted into position by thirty-eight hydraulic jacks at the rate of eight feet per day for two weeks. The top of the roof is 100 feet from the playing floor with enough space between for a ten- story building.
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On a cold day, October 26, 1970, after a small procession of cheerleaders, stu- dents, faculty, and dignitaries had marched to the site of the Marriott Center and heard speeches, President Ernest L. Wilkinson pushed a button which started hydraulic jacks lifting the huge space frame.
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The fund-raising committee posed in front of the steel roof superstructure of the Marriott Center before it was lifted into place. Members were, front row, left to right: Dee Olpin, Floyd Taylor, Verl Clark, Max Elliott, DaCosta Clark (chairman), Calvin Swenson, Ralph Kuhni, and Robert Leishman; second row: William Sorensen, Richard Call, DeLynn Heaps, Stan Watts, Charles Peterson, Frank Gardner, Mack Hay- cock, Ariel Ballif, Paul Gehring, and Jack Allen.
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The Marriott Center was constructed from the top down. After the single- span steel roof was hoisted into place.
the earth was excavated from under it and the concrete seating structure poured.
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This construction photograph shows the webbing which underlies the Mar- riott Center basketball floor to give it resiliency. The big scoreboard and sound system also hang from cables, ready to be hoisted into place. The elaborate sound system was designed by C. P. Boner, who also designed the sound system for the Houston Astro- dome. The Marriott Center system has more than twenty miles of cable wiring and 304 outlets for microphones. The central cluster below the scoreboard weighs 8,000 pounds and stands thir- teen feet high.
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watches." Mr. Marriott, founder of a nationwide chain of restaurants and motels, donated more than $1 million toward the construction of the Marriott Center, named in his honor. BYU conferred the Honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Mr. Marriott in 1958, and the BYU Associated Students chose him for the Exemplary Manhood Award in 1964. He was a boyhood associate of BYU President Ernest L. Wilkinson in Ogden, and they served together in the Washington Stake Presidency of the LDS Church.
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More than a basketball pavilion, the Marriott Center is also used as a music hall for concerts, as a theater for pag- eants and folk dance festivals, and as an auditorium for assemblies, devotionals, forums, conferences. Church gatherings, and conventions. This photograph was taken during commencement exercises. The large seating capacity does not hinder the spectator's view. The 789 seats on the top row have a sight span
to the jump circle of 200 to 210 feet, only a few feet farther than a similar measurement from the Smith Fieldhouse top row.
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Early in the 1971-72 basketball season, Mr. and Mrs. J. Willard Marriott at- tended a basketball game and were recognized at halftime by veteran Coach Stan Watts, who presented them with what he called "million-dollar
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The official dedication of the Marriott Center was a two-day event, February 3 and 4, 1973. On Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. J. Willard Marriott attended a basketball game in which BYU defeated the University of Utah. The couple was photographed at the game with Presi- dent and Mrs. Dallin H. Oaks, left, and Ben E. Lewis, BYU executive vice- president, lifelong friend who formerly was associated with the Marriott enter- prises. On the following day the formal dedication ceremonies were held, with many Church dignitaries participating. Others singled out for recognition dur- ing the halftime of the basketball game were Dr. DaCosta Clark, chairman of the fund-raising committee; Stan Watts, BYU athletic chairman and former basketball coach for twenty years, whose teams filled both the Fieldhouse and the Marriott Center; Sam Brewster, director of the Physical Plant Depart- ment; Dr. Ernest L. Wilkinson, former president of BYU for twenty years, un- der whose administration the building was started; and Ben E. Lewis.
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These happy fans are typical of crowds that have filled the Marriott Center for many events and that have broken all national attendance records. Photo courtesy of Don Grayston, Deseret News.
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Students pour out of the Marriott Cen- ter portals following an assembly in October, 1974.
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moved there from the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse. The procession moves from the Smoot Administration Building, over the spiral ramps to the Marriott Center, where it divides and passes before the faculty. The graduates enter from the east and the west to speed entry to the building.
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At the formal dedication of the Marriott Center on February 4, 1973, J. Willard Marriott, left, was commended by Church President Harold B. Lee. All members of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were present. President Lee pre- sided and conducted; President N. Eldon Tanner, first counselor, was a speaker; and President Marion G. Romney, second counselor, gave the dedicatory prayer. Other speakers were President Dallin H. Oaks and Ben E. Lewis, BYU executive vice-president.
Included on the program was a recorded message from President Richard M. Nixon, saluting Mr. Marriott, who was chairman of the Nixon inauguration celebrations in 1969 and 1973.
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Two graceful, spiraled ramps were con- structed to bridge the campus drive and serve as walkways to the Marriott Center.
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After completion of the Marriott Center in 1971, Commencement exercises were
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This is the architect's drawing of the addition to the Harold B. Lee Library, started with groundbreaking ceremonies on October 29, 1974. The addition, scheduled to be completed by October, 1976, is being built just south of the original building and will more than double the library facilities. It will have two floors below level and four above, and will add 225,000 square feet of floor space to the existing 205,000 square feet. Capacity will be increased from one million to two million volumes, with seating for 5,000 persons. There will be about forty small-group study rooms and a large lecture room on the sixth floor, where staff offices and work areas will be located.
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A wide-angle lens captured the happi- ness of BYU officials in March, 1974, as they examined a model of the addition to the Harold B. Lee Library and re- ceived approval to continue with plans: Donald K. Nelson, left, director of li- braries; Dr. Robert K. Thomas, aca- demic vice-president; President Dallin H. Oaks; Sam Brewster, director of the physical plant; and Ben E. Lewis, execu- tive vice-president. Prospects of a library addition spurred BYU students, led by the Student Development Asso- ciation, to conduct numerous fund- raising projects designed to achieve a one-million-dollar student contribution toward the new facility. Their activities have included breakfast-in-bed service, wakeup service, jogging partners, bowl- ing lessons, hot dogs, Christmas trees, and even a Santa Claus service.
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Groundbreaking ceremonies for the ad- dition to the library were held October 29, 1974, on the south side of the orig- inal library building. Wielding the shovels were Mrs. Helen Goates, left, daughter of President Harold B. Lee; Mrs. Lee; Elder Gordon B. Hinckley of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, who was the speaker for the occasion; BYU
President Dallin H. Oaks; Sam Brewster, former director of the Physical Plant; Dr. Robert K. Thomas, academic vice- president; Executive Vice-President Ben E. Lewis; Dr. Bruce B. Clark, dean of the College of Humanities; Fred A. Sch wen- diman, newly appointed director of the Physical Plant; Darrel J. Monson, as- sistant academic vice-president; and Donald K. Nelson, director of libraries.
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economics concepts while reading for- mulas and instructions. The lecture can be repeated as many times as necessary to grasp the topic, and it can be stopped at any point, permitting the student to proceed at an individual pace. Dr. Robert J. Parsons spearheaded the de- velopment of fifty-one sound sheet lec- tures for use in economics classes.
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Babysitting chores were combined with work as hundreds of BYU students con- ducted the first student telefund in his- tory in April, 1972, for the benefit of the new addition to the Harold B. Lee Library. Encouraged by President Dal- lin H. Oaks, about forty student volun- teers manned a battery of telephones each night for several nights and con- tacted 14,826 students, about 67 per- cent of the student body. In the first drive they set a goal of $10,000 but netted $35,000. By the end of 1974 the students had raised $180,000 of a $1,000,000 goal.
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David Gallacher, director of the Library
Learning Resource Center, and part- time student worker Janene Worsley check the large bank of audio tapes connected to a unique, new computer in the library (1974). By dialing the re- quested information, a student in the Center can obtain video or audio lessons or both.
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Pam Wilson, a sophomore in business education from Driggs, Idaho, uses the new "sound page" system installed in the library in 1974 for studying eco- nomics. The system includes a special sensitized sheet with writing on one side and a recording on the back. Stu- dents can check the sheets out in the library and listen to explanations of
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These library executives were in a happy mood as they viewed the Catalog of the Stars by seventeenth-century as- tronomer Johannes Hevelius, a valuable manuscript that was the millionth volume added to the library in October, 1971. From left to right are Chad Flake, curator of special collections; Donald K. Nelson, director of libraries; Donald T. Schmidt, assistant director of libraries; and A. Dean Larsen, assistant director for collection development. Special activities to mark the acquisition of the millionth volume included a forum as- sembly in the Fieldhouse on October 28, at which Dr. Arthur Henry King was speaker; a luncheon for persons who helped with the purchase of the manuscript; a lecture on the work; a panel discussion; and a display of the volume in the library. The volume is one of hundreds of valuable collections in the library.
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An electronic book detection system — similar to the systems used in airports to detect weapons — was installed in the Harold B. Lee Library in January, 1975, speeding up service to library patrons and helping to protect the li- brary's holdings by eliminating the need to examine briefcases and other containers manually. In this "Tattle- Tape” system, books are equipped with sensitized tape which sounds an alarm if they are not checked out at the desk.
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Rex E. Lee, left, who was appointed first dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School in November, 1971, and Bruce C. Hafen, assistant to the president, who was also involved in the organization of the new Law School, examine a model of the J. Reuben Clark Law School Building. Plans to establish the Law School at BYU were announced by President Harold B. Lee, then first counselor in the First Presidency of the Church, at an assembly on March 9, 1971, in the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse. Resig- nation of President Ernest L. Wilkinson
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was announced at the same meeting. The first law students were admitted and classes began in the autumn semes- ter of 1973. The school will eventually have an enrollment of 500.
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The inscription on the building is "St. Francis of Assisi School"; the sign in front of the building states, "Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School." The building housing the dis- continued Catholic school was leased by the BYU Law School in 1972 to provide space for offices, library, and class- rooms, pending the completion of the new J. Reuben Clark Law School Build- ing on campus east of the Ernest L. Wilkinson Center, in September, 1975. Even while it was in a state of organiza- tion, the new BYU Law School assem- bled an outstanding library in the leased building which exceeded the collections of over half of the law school libraries in the United States.
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In spite of the wind and cold. Dean Rex E. Lee of the J. Reuben Clark Law School spoke at groundbreaking cere- monies for the new Law School Build- ing on Law Day, May 1, 1973. On this bone-chilling, wind-whipped day the event was held in the parking lot east of the Wilkinson Center. Speakers were Sam Brewster, director of the Physical Plant Department; Elder Ezra Taft Ben- son of the Council of the Twelve Apostles; BYU President Dallin H. Oaks; and Dean Lee. Dean Lee, Presi- dent Oaks, and Elder Benson climbed aboard a huge bulldozer as it scooped up the first earth of the excavation.
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This was the scene at the first class of the Law School on August 27, 1973, which was taught in the Pardoe Drama Theatre of the Harris Fine Arts Center, marking the formal opening of the school. The speakers were President Marion G. Romney, second counselor in the First Presidency of the Church, and BYU President Dallin H. Oaks.
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This is how the J. Reuben Clark Law School Building appeared in the sum- mer of 1974 while the overpass to the structure was under construction. Dedication is scheduled for September 5, 1975, as a major feature of the BYU Centennial celebration. The building will serve not only as the home of the Law School but also as a meeting place for four student branches of the LDS Church. The School will have a library of 250,000 volumes. Special seating arrangements in five of the six main lecture rooms will place students in face-to-face juxtaposition, which will promote more interaction in classes. The moot court room will be the only room to use the concentric seating that is traditional with most law schools. Another feature will be 420 carrels for individual study.
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As it reaches its Centennial, Brigham Young University is an academic city of more than 300 buildings, serving a faculty and staff of more than 3,000 and a student body of 25,000 in hundreds of specialized functions.
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President Spencer W. Kimball of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced at commencement services of the Church College of Hawaii on April 13, 1974, that the 1,000-stu- dent college would become a branch of Brigham Young University, beginning fall semester, to be known as Brigham Young University-Hawaii Campus. Dr. Dan W. Andersen, academic dean at the college, was appointed dean of the campus, to report directly to BYU President Dallin H. Oaks. The BYU- Hawaii Campus was founded by the Church in 1955 as a four-year liberal arts college, offering degrees in teacher education, business, family living, and industrial education. Dr. Kenneth H. Beesley, associate commissioner of Church education for colleges and schools, said, "This change will allow the tapping of the appropriate resources
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of BYU in the improvement of planning and implementation of programs at the Hawaii Campus.”
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In September, 1968, the Ironton Plant of the U.S. Steel Corporation (con- structed by Columbia Steel in 1923-24) was donated to Brigham Young Uni- versity for the development of an in- dustrial park on the site. The gift in- cluded 386 acres of land and many in- dustrial buildings, including two blast furnaces, two banks of coke ovens, a compressor building, a steam plant, a
sintering plant, a pig machine, a power station, a loading tower, a hammer mill, railroad trackage, locomotive repair shops, and much more. In July, 1969, BYU awarded the contract for disman- tling the plant to the Lerner Company of Oakland, California. After much planning and study for the development of an industrial park on the site, BYU announced in July, 1971, indefinite postponement because geographic and physical problems on the site appeared to make the economics of the project unfeasible.
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The building of a temple by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near the BYU campus was a development of great interest to the administration, the faculty, the staff, and the students of Brigham Young University. Eleven General Authorities of the Church joined with thirty Provo area stake presidents in breaking ground for the edifice north of BYU campus on Sep- tember 15, 1969. In the absence of President David O. McKay, President Hugh B. Brown presided and turned the first shovelful of earth, left, along with President Joseph Fielding Smith and Elder Gordon B. Hinckley of the Coun- cil of the Twelve Apostles. BYU stu- dent wards and stakes participated in the fund-raising effort for the construc- tion of the temple. Most of the physical arrangements and the planning for the groundbreaking event were handled by BYU officials.
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This was the scene at the cornerstone laying for the Provo Temple on May 21, 1971, at which President Joseph Field- ing Smith presided.
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The Provo Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was opened for showing to the general pub- lic from January 10 to 29, 1972, and was dedicated on February 9, 1972, in two sessions, with overflow crowds accommodated in the Marriott Center and the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse.
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Elder Ezra Taft Benson of the Council of the Twelve Apostles operated a huge bulldozer to break ground for the Church's new Language Training Mis- sion north of BYU campus on July 18, 1974. Present also were other members of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, the First Council of Seventy, the Church Department of Education, and city and county officials. Hundreds of mission- aries of the Language Training Mission at BYU formed a missionary chorus for the occasion. The program was con- ducted by Ben E. Lewis, executive vice- president of BYU. Project chairman was Fred A. Schwendiman, then BYU as- sistant business vice-president and later director of the Physical Plant Depart- ment. The facility is scheduled for completion on June 30, 1976, and will comprise eight buildings, including classrooms, administrative offices, residence, dining, study, and recrea- tional facilities.
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The new Language Training Mission will centralize training for all non- English-speaking missions, which pre- viously has been divided between three campuses. The BYU unit has taught Afrikaans, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Tahitian, and Navajo. Ricks College has taught Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and Finnish. The BYU-Hawaii Campus has trained missionaries in Japanese, Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai, Samoan, and Tongan. Church officials said the Language Training Mission was constructed at BYU to take ad- vantage of its extensive language ca- pacity and large-scale institutional operations. The University will provide the management of food service, housing, laundry, building maintenance, and other services.
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Missionaries of the BYU Language Training Mission bow in prayer at the groundbreaking for the new Language Training Mission.
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Gathered near the 2,000-pound bronze cougar near the BYU stadium are Ath- letic Director Stan Watts, left; the artist, Avard Fairbanks, who sculpted the statue with his son, Justin; football Coach LaVell Edwards; and Student Body President Reid Robison. The huge statue, which was cast in Italy, was placed on a stone pedestal near the stadium in time for the BYU-Utah State University football game on September 21, 1974. A plaster model was com- pleted by the artists in 1965, and, since funds were not available at that time for a bronze casting, the plaster cougar was mounted on the pylon for several years. The cougar is a gift of the classes of 1965 and 1969.
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Construction of an addition to the Wil- kinson Center Bookstore was started just before the opening of the autumn semester of 1974, and the textbook de- partment had to be moved. To accom- modate the department, a big circus- type tent was erected on the west patio of the building adjacent to the Book- store. The big-top fitted snugly into the space, and, with its red and white stripes, added a festive atmosphere to the campus.
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Physical Education Day in 1971 fea- tured numerous demonstrations of physical activity on the lawns of the upper quads during class changes.
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As a feature of Agriculture Week each year at BYU, the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences sponsors live-
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stock-judging competition for high school members of the Future Farmers of America. Here the young experts take notes while inspecting swine at the BYU farm in 1972.
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On May 18, 1972, BYU students Roger Billings (wearing tie) and Dennis Larsen (right) adapted an automobile to run on hydrogen and demonstrated it on a campus parking lot. That year they won the clean-air contest of the National Urban Vehicle Design Competition in Detroit, far exceeding federal standards.
constructed by members of the BYU First LDS Stake as their initial MIA (Mutual Improvement Association) activity of the 1972 school year. The gigantic confection extended 1,573 feet south of the Smith Fieldhouse to beat a previous record of 1,400 feet set earlier that year in Anchorage, Alaska. In continuous dishes it contained 2,400 bananas topped by 280 gallons of ice cream (more than a ton) and the stu- dents' own toppings. It vanished in fifteen minutes. The entire length of the huge split was inspected by Provo Fire Chief Stan Brown, who verified its size for the Guinness Book of World Records.
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On October 13, 1972, for the Founder's Day assembly, a huge 97th birthday cake was lighted by President Dallin H. Oaks, past President and Mrs. Ernest L. Wilkinson, Student Body President Bill Fillmore, and 1972 Homecoming royalty Ruth Ann Brown (left), Jana Rae Warren, and Queen Michiko Nakamura.
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An exciting development in the 1970s has been the presentation of the "World of Dance" program each spring, com- bining four dance groups in a staging of the full range of the world's dances. Organizations participating are the BYU Corps de Ballet, the Orchesis, the Ball- room Dance Team, and the Interna- tional Folk Dancers. This photograph of an Orchesis group contrasts vividly with those of gossamer dance groups in the 1920s.
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Also featured in the "World of Dance" concerts was the Brigham Young Uni- versity Theater Ballet.
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Each summer about twenty BYU ar- chaeology students and several faculty members pack their sleeping bags, bid goodbye to civilization, and for eight weeks descend into the remote but beautiful Montezuma Canyon in south- eastern Utah to reconstruct the un- written past of the Anasazi Indian cul- ture, which at one time covered the whole Four Corners area of Utah, Ari- zona, New Mexico, and Colorado. The students are members of the BYU Field School of Archaeology, started in 1969 by Dr. Ray T. Matheny. It is an eight- week, six-semester-hour course giving students on-site experience in excava- tion, restoration practices, survey tech- niques, and laboratory procedures as used in archaeology. In this 1973 photograph the group is excavating a kiva (Pueblo council room).
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An important center of culture in the Mountain West, Brigham Young Uni- versity's many concert halls and theaters provide the finest fare for fine arts patrons, including hundreds of performances each year by outstanding campus and international artists. In this 1971 BYU production of "Die Fledermaus," Adele (Ruth Ann Mc- Combs) and Eisenstein (Terry Mc- Combs) are amazed at each other's
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identities as Dr. Falke (Bob Lauritzen) laughs at the success of his joke.
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On May 26, 1972, Royce Swenson, center, became the one thousandth cadet to be commissioned in the Air Force ROTC program at BYU. Present- ing the plaque noting this event was General John C. Meyer, left, com- mander of the Strategic Air Command, who also administered the commission- ing oath and spoke to the newly com- missioned officers. Colonel Richard Baldwin, right, professor of aerospace studies at BYU at that time, directed the commissioning services. Lieutenant Swenson, a native of Pleasant Grove, Utah, happened to be in the right place on the alphabetical list of sixty grad- uates who were commissioned.
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One of the popular developments in the curriculum in the 1970s was the Out- door Survival Program, formally offered in a course listed as Youth Leadership 480 but also utilized by many other departments in various forms. Those who join the program learn quickly that life can be less than comfortable at times — hot under the parching noon- day sun, bitter cold at night, and taxing in trying to reach a goal. In the accom- panying photograph a survival group in the summer of 1974 was moving through a difficult canyon in Southern Utah.
Supplied with a blanket and a small cache of basic foodstuffs, survivalists experience aches, pains, and fatigue and learn to live with blisters as they tra- verse nearly 300 miles of desert and mountain terrain during the thirty-day trek. One leader said, "Many youths and adults never have the experience of a personal encounter with nature. Learning to grapple with the elements is one of the most exciting, strengthen- ing, and character-building encounters to be found in life."
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Ruth, left, and Judith Leonardini, identical twins from Bolivia, arrived at BYU in June, 1973, as a result of a promise fifteen years earlier by then Vice-President Richard M. Nixon. Dur- ing a visit to a medical clinic in La Paz in 1958, Mr. Nixon took the three-year- old girls in his arms and promised their mother they would be able to attend an American university when they grew up. The incident did not come up again until Judith mentioned it to a reporter who was interviewing her when she graduated at the top of her high school class in La Paz. The story, picked up by the United Press Interna- tional wire, came to the attention of President Nixon. Twenty-eight uni- versities offered the twins scholarships, but the girls, who had been converted to the LDS Church, chose to attend BYU. They registered for the 1974 winter semester as social-work majors.
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Chosen queen to reign over Home- coming festivities in 1974 was Sandi Smith, center, a senior from San Jose, California, majoring in special educa- tion. Her attendants were Kerry Harris, left, a sophomore majoring in dance from Mesa, Arizona, and Kathy Norris, a junior majoring in dance from El Paso, Texas.
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Assignment: Take a water-filled bal-
loon, propel it 200 feet, and hit the Dean of Student Life. That was the challenge for engineering students dur- ing Engineering Week in February, 1974. The simplest way proved to be the best as the first three places were won by teams using oversized slingshot devices. The first place team headed by Larry Ball received a prize of $25. Dean J. Elliot Cameron escaped without a direct hit but was splashed several times.
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On their tour of campus on May 5, 1971, members of the BYU Board of Trustees, their partners, and BYU ad- ministrators saluted the flag and sang the national anthem at ceremonies con- ducted by the Air Force and Army ROTC cadets at the flagpole south of the Smoot Administration Building.
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For the first time since 1962, the BYU Board of Trustees met on campus on May 5, 1971, to conduct their regular monthly meeting and make a tour of campus. In this formal photograph are, seated, left to right: Elders LeGrand
Richards, Delbert L. Stapley, Mark E. Petersen, Spencer W. Kimball (later Church President), and Harold B. Lee (later Church President); Church Presi- dent Joseph Fielding Smith; President N. Eldon Tanner; Elders Gordon B. Hinckley, Boyd K. Packer, Marion D. Hanks, and A. Theodore Tuttle; Bishop
John H. Vandenberg; standing: Dee F. Anderson, Joe J. Christensen, and Kenneth H. Beesley of the Office of Commissioner of Church Education; former BYU President Ernest L. Wil- kinson; and newly appointed President Dallin H. Oaks.
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On September 11, 1973, Church Presi- dent Harold B. Lee received the Exem- plary Manhood Award of the Associated Students at a packed assembly in the Marriott Center. An inscribed silver tray was presented to the Prophet by Mark Reynolds, student body president. President Lee told the students that their blessings are contingent upon obedience to God's laws and urged them to follow those who preside in the Church.
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Church President Spencer W. Kimball, photographed here on September 17, 1974, with President Oaks in the Marriott Center, received the Exemplary Manhood Award of the BYU Associated Students, presented by Reid Robison, student body president. In his address to the capacity audience in the 23,000- seat auditorium. President Kimball cau- tioned the students to determine what they want in life, and to bend every effort toward reaching that goal.
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Dr. Stephen L. Wood, left, and Dr. Vasco M. Tanner, professor emeritus, of the Zoology Department examine some of the more than 900,000 specimens in the insect collection at BYU, which ranks among the best in America. Since 1925 the insects have been gathered in the field, mounted on pins or glass slides, catalogued, and filed in some 2,000 wooden trays and hundreds of slide boxes. Included are tiny beetles less than one millimeter long and giant moths and bugs from Africa with wing spans in excess of six inches. Dr. Tan-
ner said BYU is a center for identifica- tion for scientists throughout the country.
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In 1972 Warren Wilson of the Art and Design Department started an unusual summer class which has gained great popularity. His students lived like pre- historic Indians for ten days in the mountains east of Springville, using the old arts of making pottery by hand with any materials that could be found. They made their own tools, mined and re- fined their own clays, formed their own pots, and fired them in pits as ancient peoples did for centuries.
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Examining part of his collection of ancient instruments is J. Homer Wake- field, professor emeritus of music, who
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has collected ancient instruments since 1937 and who was the man primarily responsible for a revival of ancient in- strumental music at BYU and in Utah. Here he holds a viola da gamba. The other instruments are, clockwise, a harpsichord, a tenor zinck, a cornamuse, a krummhorn, a hurdy gurdy, and a lute.
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Dr. Harold Glen Clark (standing) was appointed president of the Provo Temple in 1971, after serving as dean of the Division of Continuing Educa- tion for twenty-five years. He was suc- ceeded by Stanley A. Peterson (seated), a former administrator at the University of Southern California and chairman of the BYU California Center. The Divi-
sion of Continuing Education, which began with Lowry Nelson in 1922 as the Extension Division, was an organi- zation of seventy-five full-time em- ployees at the time of the change. It en- rolled about 150,000 students in Home Study, Travel Study, Bachelor of In- dependent Studies, Evening Classes, Special Courses and Conferences, Edu- cation Weeks, off-campus lectures, and extension centers in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Idaho Falls, and Los Angeles.
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Dr. Wilmer W. Tanner, zoology pro- fessor and curator of the BYU Life Sci- ences Museum, examines a beautiful tiger trophy received by the museum in 1973. The specimen is part of one of the finest collections of mounted ani-
mals in the United States. The collec- tion contains eighty valuable items from Africa, Asia, and North America. Monte Bean, a Seattle businessman, donated these to the museum. Other important collections given to the Life Sciences Museum in 1973 included thirty-one head mounts and prepared skins given by Mr. and Mrs. Max A. Bench of Chatsworth, California, and eighteen specimens given by Mrs. Cleo Lillywhite of Covina, California.
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Examining ancient documents in Brig- ham Young University's library are associates of the Institute for Ancient Studies, organized by President Dallin H. Oaks at BYU in August, 1973. In the front row, from left to right, are Professors Thomas W. Mackay, Hugh Nibley, and R. Douglas Phillips; back row: Professors Richard L. Anderson,
S. Kent Brown, Wilford Griggs, and Ellis R. Rasmussen. The Institute was established to develop and disseminate information about ancient manuscripts of religious significance. "The Institute will give scholars an important means of acquisition, loan, and use of manu- scripts and contacts with authorities in the field throughout the world," Dr. Nibley said. The University possesses a large collection of ancient documents.
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This centuries-old man-made stone ball from Costa Rica was placed on dis- play outside the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in 1974. Dr. Paul R. Chees- man, in photo, says such spheres have mystified archaeologists because of their precise workmanship and because of the lack of any information as to their use. Some weigh sixteen tons and are eight feet in diameter. This one weighs about one ton.
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A high point in the 1974 musical season was the presentation on the stage of the de Jong Concert Hall of The Restora- tion, an oratorio on a grand scale com- posed by Dr. Merrill K. Bradshaw (at the piano). Dr. John R. Halliday, sec- ond from right, conducted the per- formances, assisted by Dr. Ralph G. Laycock, left, who prepared the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra; Dr. Ralph Woodward, conductor of the A Cappella Choir; and Dr. Clayne Robison, director of the University Chorale. The Res- toration, which called not only for the massed choir and orchestra but also an angelic choir off-stage, was two years in reaching completion and represented the first major oratorio in the LDS Church in twenty-five years.
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When President Oaks took over the reins at BYU, the Office of Admissions and Records was pushing industriously for computerized registration to avoid the time-consuming long lines and the frustrations of previous years. By 1974 computerized registration was com- pletely in operation. Students filed class choices in advance each semester, and their academic programs were worked out by computer. At registra- tion time they needed only to pay fees and pick up their schedules. Class rolls were in the hands of teachers on the first day of classes. Here Erlend D. Peterson, assistant dean, instructs Mary Carter in the use of the computer terminal.
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An interesting study in the various styles of academic costumes seen on Brigham Young University campus is this photograph of the April 1974 commencement. Major Edward Oker- lund, left, of the Air Force ROTC con- tingent, is dressed in military uniform; Dr. Spencer J. Condie, sociology, wears the traditional cap, gown, and hood of the American doctor of philosophy; and Dr. Arthur Henry King of the English Department is attired in the formal high hat and cutaway coat of the Swedish doctoral degree, which he obtained at Lund University in Stockholm.
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The number of male nurses has been on the increase during the 1970s. Here Maxine Cope, dean of the College of Nursing, instructs Dean Rich, a senior
from Evanston, Wyoming, in how to pass a nasal gastric tube into the stom- ach. He was one of about thirty men enrolled in the nursing program in 1974.
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Dr. Darrell Weber (wearing glasses) and Dr. Bill Hess, professors of botany, examine fungal spores with the aid of one of the electron microscopes on BYU campus. Their work on the ultra- structures of spores was reported at a world conference of scientists at BYU in the summer of 1974, the Second In- ternational Fungal Spore Symposium.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller, then vice-presi- dential designate, addressed a capacity audience in the Marriott Center on October 2, 1974, filling in for President Gerald R. Ford, who had to cancel his
speaking engagement because of his wife's illness. Present on the stand were, right to left: BYU President Dal- lin H. Oaks, Church President Spencer W. Kimball, Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, and Neal A. Maxwell and Robert L. Simp- son, assistants to the Council of the Twelve. Also on the stand were student leaders and Utah political figures. Mr. Rockefeller discussed the problems of world inflation.
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Education teamed up with space science in 1974 as workmen placed a ten-foot disc on top of the Harris Fine Arts Center to receive signals from a satel- lite broadcasting a live educational program dealing with career education for junior high school students in the intermountain area.
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Dr. Lorin F. Wheelwright, right, a noted Utah music educator, composer, editor, publishing executive, and civic leader, became dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communications in 1967. He founded the annual Mormon Festival of Arts in 1969 to give artistic expres- sion to Mormon culture, beliefs, and values through compositions, musical performances, plays, operas, painting, writing, and other art forms. When he was appointed in 1973 as assistant to the president in charge of the Centen- nial observance, he was succeeded as dean by Dr. Lael J. Woodbury, left, former chairman of the Department of Speech and Dramatic Arts and noted actor, director, writer, and speaker.
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A symphony orchestra provided the music for the 1974 Mormon Arts Ball in the colorfully decorated grand gallery of the Harris Fine Arts Center. Before the dancing, a program featured concert violinists, pianists, and vocalists as well as the Philharmonic Orchestra and A Cappella Choir. Throughout the evening Mormon artists performed one- act plays, concert recitals, readers theaters, and multi-media presentations in the various halls and theaters throughout the building.
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Numerous new artists' works have premiered at the annual Mormon Festi- val of Arts. For example, this was a scene from The Order is Love, a play by Carol Lynn Pearson, shown at the 1971 Festival.
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In October, 1973, BYU physicists an- nounced development of what they be- lieve may be an important theoretical breakthrough in the 20-year-old inter- national problem of containing thermo- nuclear plasma — a first major step toward obtaining fusion energy. Here Dr. Robert W. Bass, a member of the team headed by Dr. John Hale Gardner, then chairman of the Physics Depart- ment, shows a schematic model of the design. A new characteristic of the BYU fusion device design is known as topological stability, from which the name "Topolotron" was derived. BYU filed patents in the United States and in many foreign countries.
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In 1971 the American Alumni Council (AAC) presented to Brigham Young University the Ernest T. Stewart Alumni Service Award, the highest award given by that organization for outstanding alumni volunteer service, in recognition of the BYU Admissions Adviser Pro- gram. Under this program BYU alumni are appointed and trained in almost every stake of the LDS Church to advise students contemplating attendance at BYU. The silver bowl award was re- ceived at the national convention of the AAC in Washington, D.C., by Bruce L. Olsen, left, then director of the Ad- missions Adviser Program in the Office of Admissions and Records (he later be- came director of University Relations), and presented to Ronald G. Hyde, di- rector of alumni relations.
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Barry Goldwater, senator from Arizona and Republican candidate for the United States presidency in the 1964 elections, visited BYU campus several times. In
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this photograph he was talking with students in the Wilkinson Center after an address. At his left is Mark Rey- nolds, 1973-74 student body president.
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In the summer of 1973 women grounds- keepers showed up on the BYU campus for the first time — laying sod, plant- ing, running power lawnmowers, and trimming trees. Here Denise Richards lays sod, rather heavy work usually reserved for men. Supervisors on the grounds crews said the women students were excellent workers.
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Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine visited the BYU campus in 1968, when he was a vice-presidential candidate, and also in December, 1974, as a special lecturer in the American Perspectives series. Here he is interviewed in KBYU-TV studios by Jay Monsen, assistant director of Broadcast Services.
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Bat boys, for decades so familiar in baseball for picking up bats and foul balls, were replaced by bat girls at BYU. These girls, who made it hard for the players to keep their eyes on the ball, were declared "All-American Bat Girls" in 1973 by Collegiate Baseball maga- zine. Members were Peggy Carroll, left; Marsha Petersen, Lorraine Conger, Jodee Clark, Maiy Ann Miller, Linda Forbes, Vicki Beal, and Sue Hefford.
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Sedigheh Salim, 21, whom her class- mates renamed "Sadie," was a chemical engineering student from Tehran, Iran, in 1973; she was as much at home in the laboratory as in the kitchen. The pretty girl scientist was the first woman ever to earn a chemical engineering degree at BYU. She graduated at the top of her class.
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Anne-Marie Roslof Hancock of Rauna, Finland, was the first woman ever to complete requirements for a bachelor's degree in building construction tech- nology at BYU. She was photographed in 1972 with Lon Wallace, department supervisor.
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Operating as a detective for BYU Se- curity Police in 1973 was a lady officer with the appropriate name of Diane Law.
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This BYU women's volleyball team placed seventh in the national tourna- ment held in Portland, Oregon, in De- cember, 1974, before crowds of over 10,000 for each game. The BYU club took the league play with a record of 12 wins and 1 loss, the regionals with a 6-0 record, and made a 4-3 record in the nationals. Checking over some plays with Coach Elaine Michaelis, front right, are, left to right: Kellie Jones, Denise Loo, Lae Loo, Becky Hannah, Kathy White, and Malia Ane.
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Coach Glenn Potter, who replaced Stan Watts as basketball coach in 1972, flashes signals to his players from the bench. Potter guided the Cougars to a 19-7 season in his first year, and the Cougars came very close to winning a third straight WAC title. Potter came to BYU from the University of Ne- braska and was assistant to Watts for two years before taking over as head coach. His records were 11-15 in 1974 and 12-14 in 1975 for a three-season total of 42-36. He resigned in 1975.
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When the Cougars moved into the new 23,000-seat Marriott Center for the 1971-72 season, the star attraction was
6-foot 11-inch Kresimir Cosic. The Yugoslavian player "did it all" on the basketball court, winning all-conference honors in the Western Athletic Con- ference three years in a row. Most ob- servers agree he was the most exciting player the Cougars ever had. Cosic and his teammates helped draw a record 261,815 fans to twelve home games during the 1971-72 season. The per- game average of 21,818 set a new na- tional record, exceeding the old NCAA mark by more than 5,000 persons per game! BYU won the WAC champion- ship for the second year in a row in 1972 and claimed another twenty-game winning season.
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Walking on shoes with high spikes, this workman lays down urethane goo to form the new all-weather running track at the BYU stadium, replacing the original track of rubberized asphalt. The work was completed in September, 1974, requiring about a month of labor, and the track was to have its first of- ficial use in the spring of 1975, includ- ing the annual Invitational Track Meet and the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships. It is the only one of its kind in bright blue, and, according to Coach Clarence Robison, it provides not only resiliency and speed but also a cushion for athletes' feet.
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The running of Pete VanValkenburg highlighted the play of the Cougars in the early 7 0's. "Fleet Pete" led the na- tion in rushing in 1972, nosing out Arizona State's Woody Green for the national title. In his senior year he averaged 138.6 yards per game. Pete had a total of 2,392 yards rushing in his three years at Brigham Young, and was the most productive scorer in the school's history, scoring 27 touchdowns. Dubbed the "Moving Van," Pete was drafted by the Buffalo Bills and played behind O. J. Simpson. He also played with the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.
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The BYU football coaching staff in 1974 included, back row, left to right: Mel Olson, Fred Whittingham, Tom Ramage, Dewey Warren, J. D. Helm; front row: Dick Felt, Head Coach LaVell Edwards, Dave Kragthorpe. Coach Edwards, who had served ten years on the BYU coach- ing staff, took over head coaching duties in 1972, and in his first year his team made a 7-4 record for second place in the Western Athletic Conference. In 1973 the team was 5-6 and tied for fourth place in the WAC. In 1974 the Cougars won the conference champion- ship by tying Colorado State and de- feating all other teams in the league, including winning a third straight vic- tory over Utah with a 48-20 score in the final game at Cougar Stadium.
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Gary Sheide, exciting BYU quarterback in 1973-74, was often compared with Joe Namath of the New York Jets. There was a likeness on the playing field, both wore number 12, both had a tendency to slouch a little, both learned how to live with injuries, and both knew how to rifle the football to receivers. In his first season at BYU, the transfer stu- dent from Diablo Junior College became number two passer in the nation and third in total offense. In the 1974 sea- son he was again number two in the nation and tied a Western Athletic Con- ference record of twenty-three touch- down passes in one season, while lead- ing the Cougars to the conference cham- pionship. His 358 career completions gave him another conference record.
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With Coach LaVell Edwards, these happy graduating seniors of the 1974 football team display the Western Ath-
letic Conference championship trophy they clinched in defeating the Univer- sity of Utah, 48-20, on November 23 and the "Y" blankets given to seniors by the local Elks Lodge. It was the first BYU conference championship in nine years. At the same time the team re- ceived the official invitation to play in the Fiesta Bowl on December 28. Players are Gary Sheide (12), Sam LoBue (26), John Betham (41), Doug Adams (45), Paul Linford (74), Tim Mahoney (32), Larry Carr (67), Mike Russell (28), Tom Toolson (85), Wayne Baker (72), and Keith Rivera (73).
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In the dressing room after the Cougars' 16-6 loss in the 1974 Fiesta Bowl, President Oaks consoled Mark Giles, BYU's other quarterback, who played the entire game after Sheide was in- jured. Giles played a heroic game in the Cougar's losing effort, powering the team in several long drives. The game
was closer than the score indicated: 10-6 down to the last minute in a de- fensive battle that was telecast to mil- lions nationally over Columbia Broad- casting System. Coach LaVell Edwards said, "We beat them physically," and the Cougars led in almost every sta- tistic but the score. BYU led in first downs 17-14, passing yardage 181-77, and the total yards 301-214. Courtesy of Doug Martin.
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BYU's Gary Sheide, the nation's num- ber two quarterback, leaves the field with his arm in a sling as a result of a shoulder separation three minutes be- fore the end of the first quarter in the Fiesta Bowl game, December 28, 1974, dimming BYU's hopes for a win in its first football bowl game. He was as- sited by Floyd Johnson, equipment manager, left, and Dr. Robert W. Met- calf, right, a Provo orthopedic surgeon. Up to that point Sheide had engineered the Cougars in two offensive drives, both of which were capped by field goals from the toe of Gary Usselman, and the Cougars led 6-0 over the Okla- homa State Cowboys, who had not crossed midfield. Courtesy of Doug Martin.
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Frank Arnold, who had been an assis- tant coach at the University of Califor- nia at Los Angeles the previous four years, was named head basketball coach at BYU on March 13, 1975. Ar- nold received his master's degree at BYU in 1960 and was head basketball coach at Brigham Young High School from 1958 to 1962.
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Paul Cummings, the first distance run- ner from Brigham Young University to break the four-minute barrier in the mile, claimed several other firsts before graduating in 1975. The spectacled runner from Santa Maria, California, was also the first Western Athletic Con- ference track star to run the mile under four minutes and the first miler from a school in the state of Utah to meet that standard of performance. The break- through came during a meet at Tempe, Arizona (Paul's birthplace), in March of 1974, when he was clocked in at 3:56.4. Cummings continued to improve during his junior year, capturing the mile at the NCAA championships that summer in Austin, Texas. During the winter sea- son of his senior year, Paul ran the first sub-four indoor mile in Western Athletic Conference history.
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Gymnast Wayne Young crowned his outstanding career by winning the NCAA all-around championship on April 4, 1975, at Indiana State Univer- sity, the first athlete from the Western Athletic Conference to win the title. The athlete who takes the all-around title is considered the best gymnast in the NCAA, since he must perform in all of the six individual gymnastic events. Young has been recognized as the top amateur gymnast in the United States since the fall of 1974, when he qualified for the number-one spot on the U.S. Gymnastics team. He represented the United States in international competi- tion in Canada and South Africa and in the World Games at Belgrade, Yugo- slavia.
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Art Professor Alex B. Darais displays the symbol he designed for the Brigham Young University Centennial celebra- tion, to be used on all graphic materials involved with the observance, such as letterheads, envelopes, pennants, decals, printed programs, souvenirs, advertise- ments, flags, and other items.
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The central committee in charge of planning and carrying out the ob- servance of the BYU Centennial year included Dr. Lorin F. Wheelwright, front left, assistant to the president; D'Ann Allred, secretary; Dr. George S. Barrus, professor of communications; Max C. Wilson, assistant to Dr. Wheel- wright; and Edwin Butterworth, Jr., director of public communications. They were assisted by Herbert E. Mc- Lean, Provo advertising executive.
Planned for the celebration were a monumental three-volume history of BYU under the direction of BYU Presi- dent Emeritus Ernest L. Wilkinson, a pictorial history by Edwin Butterworth, Jr., the construction of a bell tower, the musical stage shows The Ballad of Brigham Young and Right Honorable Saint, a Centennial motion picture, record albums, the opening of the Mae- ser Building cornerstone, radio vig- nettes, newspaper cartoons, the dedica- tion of the J. Reuben Clark Law Build- ing, supplements to newspapers, an International Folk Dance Festival, a 1975 NCAA track meet, lectures, con- certs, plays, operas, seminars, exhibits, campus decorations, and much more.
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Students chosen to provide student rep- resentation and plan Homecoming ac- tivities for the Centennial year included Dan Watson, left, Brian Johnson, David Barrus (chairman), and LuAnn Call. Here they study a map of the campus to assist the general committee in planning centennial banners on campus streets and walks.
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The staff appointed to produce the musical spectacular The Ballad of Brigham Young as a finale to the Cen- tennial year includes Dee R. Winterton (physical education), left, choreography; Max C. Golightly (dramatic arts), di- rector; Arnold Sundgaard of Williams- town, Massachusetts, script writer; Dr. Karl T. Pope (dramatic arts), stage de- sign; Dr. Ralph G. Laycock (music) mu-
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sical director; and K. Newell Dayley, composer. The extravaganza is sched- uled to be produced in the Marriott Center during April, 1976, an event which is expected to play to about 12,000 spectators per night for about ten nights.
Mr. Sundgaard is a nationally famous lyricist and author of the well-known Utah show Promised Valley and twenty- five other successful musicals, plays, and operas. Professor Dayley is a pro- lific composer who has written, ar- ranged, and orchestrated numerous compositions for LDS Church organiza- tions, motion pictures, stage shows, and other events. "The Ballad of Brigham Young is a composer's dream," he said. "People will go away singing." The other directors on the staff have also been involved in scores of stage pro- ductions.
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Production executives for the vast amount of Centennial graphic and printed presentations included Herbert E. McLean, left, Provo advertising ex- ecutive; Gail W. Bell, managing editor of the Brigham Young University Press; Paul Schuman, Printing Services man- ager; and McRay Magleby, art director of the Graphic Communications De- partment. Here they study a model of one of the many campus exhibits planned for the Centennial. Plans in- clude a time-line history exhibit on a 160-foot wall of the Marriott Center, showing parallels in U.S., Church, and BYU history; a Centennial concourse of flags and a Centennial drive; displays in various buildings illustrating the three phases of the theme, "Dedicated to Love of God, Pursuit of Truth, Ser- vice to Mankind"; changing displays in the Wilkinson Center Gallery; and ex- hibits by each college.
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Construction of a ninety-foot bell tower and carillon was started early in 1975 on the brow of a small slope northeast of the Abraham O. Smoot Administra- tion Building as a major landmark to commemorate the University's Cen- tennial. Dedication was scheduled for October 10, 1975. Designed by Provo architect Fred L. Markham, the tower will contain fifty-two bronze bells, ranging from 21 to 4,730 pounds, cast by the Petit and Fritsen Bell Foundry of Aarle-Rixtel, Holland. The Centennial emblem will be cast onto the surface of the largest bell with this inscription: “May These Bells Proclaim Forever Our Gratitude to Those Who Founded and to Those Who Sustain Brigham Young University — Students, Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Friends. Oct. 1975.”
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On February 13, 1975, dressed in nine- teenth century costume. President Dal- lin H. Oaks rode on a scraper and drove a team of giant Clydesdale horses to break ground for the new Centennial Carillon Tower. Provo Mayor Russell Grange, Dr. Lorin F. Wheelwright (as- sistant to the president and director of the BYU Centennial celebration), and others tried their hand at the vanishing
method of earth removal. Present also were Fred Markham (architect) and a representative of Paulson Construction Company, contractors for the project.
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Dr. Ernest L. Wilkinson, front left, edi- tor and director of the Brigham Young University Centennial History project, confers with some members of his research staff. Assisting with the monu- mental history project were, seated: Karen S. Echols and Richard E. Bennett; standing: James R. Clark, left; Harvard Heath, Eugene T. Thompson, Linda W. Lee, Janet W. Hansen, and W. Cleon Skousen. Roy Bird (not present for the photograph) managed the final prepara- tion in the press.
Dr. Wilkinson accepted the gigantic task late in 1971 and called the first planning meeting of historians, li- brarians, writers, researchers, and older faculty members in January, 1972. The staff researched staggering volumes of faculty and board minutes, history books, newspapers, yearbooks, diaries, family records, archival files, letters, and miscellaneous school publications in the production of the comprehensive three-volume history of the University's first hundred years.
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As Brigham Young University ap- proached its 100th commencement on April 18, 1975, much attention was given to the University's history and mementos of the past. Here Dr. Robert K. Thomas, academic vice-president, displays a diploma that was awarded in 1900. The document, printed on vellum, is nineteen by fifteen inches, compared with the six-by-eight-inch diploma awarded in the centennial year.
The 1900 diploma states: “The Board of Trustees and the academical faculty hereby confer on Elizabeth Harriet Maiben, who has completed the pre- scribed courses of instruction offered in the Academy, the Degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy. Dated the 31st day of May in the year 1900."
It is signed by David John, vice- chairman of the board; Wilson H. Dusenberry, one of the original trustees and then secretary of the board; George H. Brimhall, acting president (while President Benjamin Cluff, Jr., was on an expedition to South America); and Ed- ward H. Holt, secretary of the faculty.
At the top is a likeness of President Brigham Young and the heading “Brig- ham Young Academy," with an etching of the Academy Building. The diploma also carries a gold seal and is adorned with gingerbread decoration.
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The opening of the Maeser Memorial Building cornerstone on April 17, 1975, and the one hundredth commencement on April 18, 1975, launched the year- long Centennial celebration. Wearing derby hats, in style over sixty years earlier, Karl A. Miller, left, retired Physical Plant Department employee, and Dr. Lorin F. Wheelwright, assistant to the President, removed a metal box from the stone. Miller was present at the original cornerstone laying on October 16, 1909, when Church Presi- dent Joseph F. Smith placed the box in the stone (see page 61).
Dr. Wheelwright wrote both words and music for the Centennial Hymn, which was sung for the first time at the hundredth commencement:
One hundred years, a moment's time In Thy eternal day,
Yet like a prologue of the stars They shine to light our way.
O, BYU, press on, press on,
In thy prophetic role;
O, lift our eyes to see the light Of thy eternal goal.
O, help us gain eternal truth,
And power to serve mankind;
O, help us give to Christ, our Lord,
Our strength, our might, our mind.
With excellence we glorify Our loyalty to thee;
We pray, O Cod, to know Thy will,
To build what ought to be.
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A large crowd witnessed the opening of the cornerstone box on the west side of the Maeser Building. Professor Newell Dayley played a trumpet solo, "O Ye Mountains High," from the top of the building. The Centennial octet sang "The College Song" and "The Teacher's Work is Done" (a memorial to Dr. Maeser), both written by early BYU poetess Annie Pike Greenwood. Speeches were given by President Dallin H. Oaks and Lynn S. Richards, former Alumni Association president. Dr. Wayne B. Hales was chairman and master of ceremonies.
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Mrs. Ernest L. Wilkinson holds up an American flag, the first item removed from the box. Also assisting in display- ing the memorabilia were Mrs. Harvey Fletcher and Colleen Peppers, left. Cen- tennial queen. The box contained also BYU banners, coins, stamps, a pen and a pencil, books of scripture, photo- graphs of President William Howard Taft and school officials, a view book of Provo, pictures of athletic teams, stu- dent registration cards, a faculty list, scientific publications, newspapers, magazines, copies of the deed of trust and articles of incorporation, diplomas, circulars, quarterlies, yells and songs, and many other items.
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Index
A
Abravanel, Maurice 288 Academic Review 21-22 Academy Building 35, 43, 193 dedication of 31 fountain near 40 lighting in 32 names of 31 Room D in 33 unfinished 25 A Cappella Choir 282-83 Adams, Doug 341 Adams, Joseph 49 Adams, Morgan 47 Adams, Pearl 45 Administrative Advisory Council 303
Agnew, Spiro T. 288 Agriculture Week 324-25 Air Force ROTC 199, 235-36, 237-38, 327, 329 Alder, Bryan 68 Alder, Don M. 305 Alleman, Ida 25, 36, 37, 40 Allen, A. Lester 239 Allen, Beulah Ream 206 Allen, Collin 277 Allen, Inez Knight 36,37,42,129 Allen, Jack 312 Allen, J. E. 84 Allen, Mark K. 116,175 Allen, R. Eugene 55, 129 Allen Hall 42, 129, 130 Allin, Buddy 297 "Alma Pater" 196 Allred, D'Ann 343 Allred, Dorald M. 208 Alpine Summer School 76, 114-18
Alta Mitras 148 Alumni Association 101 established 30
Alumni Association Aspen Grove Family Camp 76, 114, 270-71
Alumni House 244 Amanda Knight Hall 42, 130 "The Amazon" 70 Ambrosich, Brian 289 Ancient instruments 330-31 Andelin, Olof W. 25, 33, 36, 37 Anderberg, Thilda 39 Andersen, Dan W. 320 Anderson, A. B. 38 Anderson, Alvan 70 Anderson, Dee F. 329 Anderson, Emily 68 Anderson, Hans 58 Anderson, Hyrum 21, 23, 25 Anderson, Kenneth 159 Anderson, Nels 121 Anderson, Nora 121 Anderson, Richard L. 331 Anderson, Walter 86 Andrus, J. Roman 138 Andrus, Wanda 164 Ane, Malia 338 Angel Flight 236 "Aphrodite and Adonis" 125 Apostol, Chris 290 Archaeology students 326 Army ROTC 199, 237-38, 329 Army Specialized Training Program 165-67 Army Sponsor Corps 236 Arnold, Frank 341 Art class 32, 48 Art club 40 Art Department 40 Arts Building 57, 102 See also Missionary and Preparatory Building cafeteria 124 dedication of 57
Ashby, Bonna 150 Ashman, Albert J. 67 Ashworth, May 38 Asian Studies Program 199 Aspen Grove 75-77, 114-18 See also Alumni Association Aspen Grove Family Camp Asper, Frank W. 176 Athletics 39, 46-47, 161, 164, 184, 227, 289, 293 See also each sport Atkinson, Charles L. (Chick) 290 Atomic reactor 246 Auto mechanics class 93 Auxiliary Supplies Building 247
B
Babb, Barbara 233 Babcock, Maud May 39 Bachauer, Gina 288 Bad Man, The 145 Baird, Sam 79 Baker, Wayne 341 Baldwin, Richard 327 Ball, Larry 328 Ball, Wilburn 160 Ballad of Brigham Young, The 343-44
Ballard, Howard 164 Ballif, Algie Eggertson 57, 63,
125
Ballif, Ariel S. 184, 208, 253, 312
Ballif, Arta 153
Ballif, Carma 117
Ballif, George S. 122, 161
Ballif, Jae R. 305, 308
Ballif, Mark 160
Ballif, Mrs. Ariel S. 208
Ballroom Dance Team 283, 326
Banana split 325
Bands 69,111,123,140
See also Cougar Marching Band at Hotel Utah 141 in new uniforms 67 in parade 88
Banyan 64,84,94,143,149,150 Barney, Ralph 265 Barrus, David 343 Barrus, George S. 343 Barrus, Ray 295 Barton, James 307 Baseball 79, 296-97 Sunday playoffs 296 Basketball 57, 82, 83, 186 at BYA 47
with Coach Coty 163-64 with Coach Millet 192-93 with Coach Potter 339, 341 with Coach Romney 160 with Coach Teetzel 78 with Coach Twitchell 159 with Coach Watts 292-94 Bass, Robert W. 336 Bassett, Kathy 213 Bastian, Hans 50 Bateman, Bessie Spencer 68 Bateman, Lavar 133 Bat girls 337 Baxter, Hugh 79 Baxter, Lynn 79 Beach, Richard F. 178 Beach outing 85 Beal, Vicki 337 Beem, Ivan 192, 193 Bean, Jesse F. 70 Bean, Monte 331 Bean, Ross 122 Becenti, Victor 274 Beck, D. Elden 208 Beck, Elmer (Roy) 47 Beckham, Raymond E. 101, 239, 253, 276
Beckstead, Chad 162 Bee, Florence 70 Beesley, Kenneth H. 302, 320, 329
Begay, Edith 272 Begay, Nora 272 Belcher, Curg 291, 292
Bell, Gail W. 344 Bell, Old Y 193-95 Belle of the Y 226 Bell tower and carillon 345 Belnap, B. West 239 Bench, Mr. and Mrs. Max A. 331 Bennett, Richard E. 345 Bennion, Adam S. 110,115,238 Bennion, M. Lynn 117 Benson, Ezra Taft 245, 249, 293, 319, 322
as a student 128 Bentley, Harold 164 Bentley, Joseph T. 238, 239, 253 Berg, Edna 45 Berg, Wyman 70, 79 Berrett, Eleanor 210 Berrett, William E. 207 Berry, Eugene 46 Berryessa, Max 278 Betham, John 341 Bevan, Archibald 25 Bigelow, Margaret 210 Billings, Birdie 39 Billings, Lavon 122 Billings, May 220 Billings, Roger 325 Bird, E. 145 Bird, Forrest 162 Bird, R. Leo 46 Bird, Roy 345
Bishop, President of the Aaronic Priesthood, The 224 Bishops' and Stake Presidents'
Day 231 Black, Don 264 Black, Mitchell 50 Blacksmithing shop 58 Blake, Lois 121 Bleeding Heart, The 76 Blood drive 238 Bolton, Herbert Eugene 110 Boner, C. P. 312 Booke, Kim 265 Bookkeeping class 39 "Book of Mormon Oratorio" 139 Booth, Alfred L. 21 Booth, A. L. 23 Booth, Alfred E. 25 Booth, Delilah 86 Booth, Edith Young 68, 256 Booth, J. E. 25 Booth, John E. 65 Booth, J. W. 38 Booth, Lillian C. 210 Booth, Malcolm 164 Booth, Ralph 103 Boren, Pearl 71
Boston Symphony Orchestra 284 Bowers, Wes 167 Bowman, Othello 79 Boyack, David 255 Boyce, Russell 167 Boyer, Dell 66 Boyer, Paul 144 Boyle, Albert C. 182 Boyle, William H. 119 Bradford, Reed 278 Bradshaw, Merrill K. 332 Brewster, Sam F. 208, 242, 244, 316, 319
at dedications 308, 314 Brewster Physical Plant Building 244
Brickers 148, 229 Brigham Young Academy 345 See also Brigham Young University
Alumni Association reunion for 48
Art Department 30 bachelor's degrees offered at 52
becomes Brigham Young University 31 becomes a Church school 33 boarding houses at 24 board of trustees 9 dedication of 15 deed of trust for 10 enrollment at 17, 21
executive committee of 18 faculty of 21, 22, 23, 33, 44,
55
faculty salaries at 34 financial difficulties of 23, 30 founding of 9 incorporators of 33 principals of 9, 24, 25 student body of 21 Brigham Young Academy Choir 45
Brigham Young University See also Brigham Young Academy
associate degrees offered at 199 becomes accredited 97 Board of Control 122 Board of Trustees 97, 101, 240, 329
Centennial 342-46 Centennial theme 344 Deans Council 137 Diamond Jubilee of 181, 182, 200
doctor's degrees offered at 199 enrollment at 53, 96, 165, 169, 173, 199
faculty of 85, 102, 103, 115, 117
faculty quartet 102 faculty women at 104 financial difficulties of 53, 97 master's degree offered at 52 on semester system 199 Semi-Centennial of 110-12 stakes, wards, and branches at 199, 238-39
1200 N. entrance to 277 Brigadiers 148, 149 Bright, Barry 227 Brimhall, Alsina Elizabeth Wilkins 54
Brimhall, Andrew 85 Brimhall, Flora Robertson 54 Brimhall, George Henry 38, 60, 61, 112, 345
in academic costume 70 biography of 52-53 with Board of Trustees 101 at commencement exercises 65 with faculty 23, 25, 33, 44, 55, 85, 102 home of 99
at inauguration of Pres. Harris 98
with lecturers 74 organized BYU Women 209 as president of Alumni Association 30 as president of BYU 52-53 song written by 92 as a speaker 110, 126 with wife 54 Brimhall, Jennie 38 Brimhall, Silas 41 Brimhall Building 53, 92, 101, 129, 132, 139
See also Mechanic Arts Building Bringhurst, William 9, 12 Brinley, Eldon 160 Brinton, Bonna Ashby 150 Britsch, Ralph 101, 145, 152 Britsch, Todd 268 Britt, Lyndon 233 Broadbent, Thomas L. 137, 168 Broadbent, Violet Long 68 Brockbank, Archie 79 Bronson, Vie 38 Brooks, George 79 Brooks, Melvin 239 Brown, Amy 22, 23, 25, 33 Brown, "Bunk" 83 Brown, Dell 47 Brown, Enoch 78 Brown, Harold W. 122 Brown, Hugh B. 240, 249, 255, 321
Brown, James L. 85 Brown, LaVon 226 Brown, Maureen 282 Brown, Ruth Ann 274, 325
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Brown, Samuel 25 Brown, S. Kent 331 Brown, Stan 325 Bryan, VeNae 231 Bryner, Maurine F. 210 Buchanan, James 4 Buckland, Ted 279 Buckner, LaMar 191 Buckwalter, Doyle 272 Buggert, Gustav 103 Bunny hop 231 Burton, Patty 214 Burton, William H. 236 Busath, Boyd 227 Busby, Viola 45 Bushman, Lewis 37 Bushnell, Daniel D. 238 Business Journal, The 36, 39 Buss, Frederick 182 Butler Huts 177 Butterworth, Edwin, Jr. 253, 286, 343
Butt, Newbern I. 105 BYA Student 36 BYU Bookstore 131,178,216, 263
addition to 324 BYU Chorus 280 BYU Classic 311 BYU Destiny Fund 275 BYU-Hawaii Campus 320-21 BYU Motion Picture Studio 224-25
BYU Press Club 152 BYU Security 212-13, 338 BYUtah 64 BYU Women 209-10
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Caffrey, Detta 37
Cahill, Jerry 265
Cake, largest, in the world 234
Cake-baking contest 226
Calder, Hamilton 164
Caldwell, Cam 242
Call, Ben C. 46
Call, LuAnn 343
Call, Richard 253, 312
Call, Vasco 41
Call sisters 227
Cameron, J. Elliot 308, 328
Campbell, Jerry 306
Campbell, Orson 55
Campus
See Lower Campus; Upper Campus
Campus Drive 242 "Campus Sweetheart" contest 144
Cannon, Clawson Y. 102, 114, 256
Cannon, George Q. 31, 33, 42 Cannon, Hugh 160 Cannon, Lillian H. 44, 46 Cannon, Sylvester Q. 146 Cannon Center 222, 223 Carbine, Alma 46 Card, Zina Young Williams 21, 40, 101, 220 Card stunts 254 Carillon, Centennial 345 Carillonic bell system 184 Carlson, Gary 210, 308 Carlson, Gretta 164 Carlson, Thora 164 Carr, Larry 341 Carroll, C. Hardy 70 Carroll, Elsie C. 104,117,210, 214
Carroll, Kay 231 Carroll, Peggy 337 Carter, Virgil 291, 292 Cash, Beatrice Ashworth 68 Casper, Billy 276, 298 Casper, Shirley 276 Cassidy, Sadie 39 Catalog of the Stars 318 "Catchem and Cheatem" 71 Caylor, Lynn 267
"Centennial Hymn" 346 Center Street 34, 35 Central Building 36 Central Utah Architects 259 Cesta Ties 148 Chadwick, Arthur 39 Chamberlain, William H. 85 Champaux, John 194 Chapman, Bernice 206 Chapman, Jack 297 Chatterton, Chat 167 Chatwin, Gilbert 152 Cheerleaders 227 Cheesman, Paul R. 332 Chemistry class 40, 64 Chemistry laboratory 183 Cheney, Ida Lou 211 Cheney, Louise Whitaker 41 Cherry, Alan 279 Cherry, Louise Keller 37 Chinese Club 274 Chipman, Milton 70 Chipman, Stephen L. 42, 112, 120, 146
Choules, Albert 79 Christensen, A. B. 38, 85 Christensen, Carl 102 Christensen, Craig 264, 269 Christensen, Harold 152, 293 Christensen, Homer 79 Christensen, Joe J. 329 Christensen, Leonard E. 212 Christensen, Parley A. 105,115, 131, 184
Christensen, Roy E. 277 Christensen, Ruth 210 Christiansen, Bob 270-71 Christopherson, Merrill 168 Chryst, Dianne 214 Chun, Donna 274 Church College of Hawaii 320 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, The Language Training Mission 129, 130, 179, 322-23 student stakes, wards, and branches 199,238-39 takes over BYA 33 temple 321-22, 331 Circular 24
Civilian Pilot Training 168 Clark, Albert 163 Clark, Bruce B. 316 Clark, DaCosta 253,312,314 Clark, Harold Glen 101, 175, 186, 331
Clark, Herald R. 130, 137, 224, 256
and Alpine Summer School 114, 117
and Clark Building 215 on building committees 108, 133
and Lyceum program 100, 286 Clark, James R. 345 Clark, Jodee 337 Clark, J. Reuben, Jr. 200, 201, 218
Clark, J. Reuben, Law School 318-20
dedication of 320 Clark, Mable H. 210 Clark, Maurine 153 Clark, Mrs. Herald R. 256 Clark, Rand C. 192, 193 Clark, Verl 312 Clark Building 100, 215-16 Clark Library See Lee Library Class of 1890 25
Class of 1891 25
Class of 1892 37
Class of 1895 38
Class of 1896 35
Class of 1904 65
Class of 1907 65
Class of 1914 70
Clawson, Rudger 98 Clayson, Ann 143 Clayson, Merrill J. 122 Cleo 123
Cloward, Myrle 209 Cloward, Wells 209 Cluff, Benjamin, Jr. 37,219 as assistant principal of BYA 24
Biography of 30-31 with faculty 21, 22, 33, 44 as president of BYA, BYU 31 as principal of BYA 25, 30-31 South American expedition 31, 49
Cluff, Cora Alexander 46 Cluff, D. Foster 44 Cluff, Freeda Barnum 70 Cluff, Harvey H. 9, 11, 23, 31 Cluff, Mary Jane John 30 Cluff Plant Science Laboratory 219
Clyde, Nellie
See DeGraff, Nellie Clyde Cody, Millie 274 Coffman, Q. Elmo 117 Coleman, Billye 121 College Bowl Team 268-69 College Building 43, 44, 56, 131 dedication of 42 College Club 68 College Club Room 66 College Hall 140,145,153,160 assemblies at 92, 120, 126 Recital Room 139 College of Applied Science 97 College of Arts and Sciences 97 College of Biological and
Agricultural Sciences 199 College of Business 199 College of Commerce and
Business Administration 97 College of Education 97, 199 College of Engineering Sciences and Technology 303 College of Family Living 199 College of Fine Arts 97 College of Fine Arts and
Communications 199 College of General Studies 303 College of Humanities 199 College of Industrial and
Technical Education 199 College of Nursing 199, 206-7, 334
College of Physical and
Engineering Sciences 199 College of Physical and
Mathematical Sciences 303 College of Physical Education 199 College of Religious Education 199
College of Religious Instruction 303
College of Social Sciences 199 "College Song, The" 46, 76, 346 Collett, LaRae 191 Collette, F. 145 Collette, Wayne 296 Collins, Stan 277 Colton, Byron O. 65 Colton, W. A. 47 Columbia Theater 88 Come Back, My Son 224 Commencement exercises at Cougar Stadium 109 at Joseph Smith Building 134, 173-74
at Marriott Center 315, 333 at Provo Tabernacle 40,146- 47
at Smith Fieldhouse 185, 186-87
Commercial class 86 Commercial class of 1903 39
Commercial class of 1908 71
Commercial class of 1909 70
Commercial College 30, 38, 39 Computer Services 199, 210-11 Concert Band 140 Condie, Spencer J. 333 Congdon, Jeff 294 Conger, Lorraine 337 Connell, William 50 Cooking class 41,58
Coombs, J. M. 21 Cooper, George 160 Cope, Albert 55 Cope, Maxine J. 206, 334 Coray, Martha Jane Knowlton 9, 10, 11
Corbett, Don 156 Corps de Ballet 326 Cosic, Kresimir 339 Cosmo 212, 265 Costello, Craig 259 Cottam, Venice 144 Cottam, Walter B. 115,142 Coty, Aubert 159, 163 Cougareat 135 Cougarettes 228 Cougar Marching Band 254, 283 Cougars 123, 241 bronze 324
"Cougar Song, The" 195, 196 "Counselor at Law" 160 Court, Thomas 44 Covey, Stephen R. 261 Cowan, Jack 194 Cox, Frank 46, 47 Cox, LeRoy 121 Craig, Anna K. 33 Craig, Bob 293 Crane, Ethel 47 Crawford, Vesta Pierce 122 Crider, Zelma 231 Crocket, Earl C. 241, 282 Crockett, Webb 231 Croft, Elmo 195 Croft, Merrill 163 Cropper, Adar Taylor 68 Crosby, Jesse 79 Crow, Glynis 247 Crowley, Pearlyne 226 Crowther, Arthur F. 86 Crowther, Ted 205 Cullimore, Odessa L. 153 Culmsee, Carlton 76, 119, 132, 152, 168, 195 Cumming, Alfred 4 Cummings, Benjamin F. 174 Cummings, B. F. 103 Cummings, Paul 342 Cutler, Ethel 119 Cutler, Frank 38 Cutler, Virginia F. 299
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Dairy Products Laboratory 221 Dailey, Mayhew 25 Dalton, Luella Adams 70 Dancing 231, 232, 265-66, 326 Daniels, Walt 196 Darais, Alex B. 306, 342 Darley, Roy 176 Davis, Allan 290 Davis, Fred 298 Davis, Roscoe 122 Dayley, K. Newell 344, 346 D-Dorms 177, 179, 213 Dean, C. Edwin 210 Dean, Ernest 163 Debating 122, 264, 286 Decker, Briant 164 Decker, Wayne 70 Decker, Webster 143 De Graff, Charles 65 De Graff, Elaine 143 De Graff, Nellie Clyde 65, 68 de Jong, Gerrit, Jr. 104, 176, 192 accomplishments of 101 at commencement exercises 147, 285
with faculty 103, 117, 137 and Harris Fine Arts Center 255, 256
de Jong, Mrs. Gerrit, Jr. 256 Delta Phis 148 DeMille, Cecil B. 285 Demonstrations 266-67 Dennis, Edna 39 Department of University Programs 143
Depression, Great 97, 149
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Deseret Towers 245 Despain, Bob 268 Development Office 276 Devotionals 126, 189 Dewey, John 74 “Die Fledermaus" 326-27 Dinosaurs 242 Diplomas 345
Distinguished professors 299-300 Division of Continuing Education 120, 199
Division of Religion 97 Dixey, Bill 167 Dixon, Aldous 79 Dixon, Donald 160 Dixon, Fred (Buck) 131, 156,
159, 160, 164 Dixon, Henry Aldous 70 Dixon, Mrs. True C. 306 Dixon, Owen 290 Domestic arts class 140 Domestic Science Department 40, 41
Domina, John 152 Done, Willard 21, 22, 24 Dorius, Charles 25 Dorrity, Sam 47 Douglas, Terry 278-79 Doxey, Roger 269 Drafting class 64 Dress and grooming standards 270
Driggs, W. King 67 Duffin, Earl 70 Dunbar, William C. 16 Dunn, Hannah 45 Dunn, Loren 293 Dunyon, J. W. 37 Dursteler, Darlene 282 Dusenberry, Ida Smoot 44, 68,
85, 104
Dusenberry, Jennie 45 Dusenberry, Warren Newton 5,
6, 7-8
first principal of BYA 9 Dusenberry, Wilson Howard 5, 6, 9, 25, 61, 345 Dyer, William G. 239 Dyreng, Margaret 265
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Eakins, Jim 294 Eastmond, Elbert H. 68, 85, 89, 103
Eastmond, John 256 Eastmond, Mrs. Elbert H. 209, 256
Echols, Karen S. 345 Eddington, Roslyn 153 Education Building 31, 97, 110, 193, 269
See also Academy Building;
High School Building Leadership Week at 120 lights installed in 130 stairways in 32 student housing in 169 Education Week 120, 121 See also Leadership Week Edwards, LaVell 324, 340, 341 Edwards, Mrs. William F. 208 Edwards, William F. 207, 208,
224
Egbert, Anna 104 Eggertson, Lars E. 25,33,38,110 Eggertsen, R. LaMarr 191 Elections, student 268 Electron microscopes 334 Ellertsen, Jesse 70 Ellertson, Leo 70 Elliot, Margaret Vilate 220 Elliott, Vilate 38,85,102,104, 140
Elliott, Genieve 71 Elliott, Max 312 Ellsworth, Jessie 121 Em Anons 148 Emerald Lake 77 Empey, Harold 227
Energy shortages 307 Engineering Sciences and
Technology Building 308, 310 Engineering Week 328 Epperson, Amos 79 Epperson, Lawrence T. 70, 79, 86 Erickson, Lorna 211 Evans, Edwin 40 Evans, P. C. 38, 40 Evans, Richard L. 200, 240 Evans, R. J. 78 Ewell, Frederick 47 Explorer Scout conferences 109 Extension Division 97, 118, 168 See also Division of Continuing Education
Eyring, Carl F. 100, 137, 180, 181 Eyring, Fernada 70 Eyring, Fern Chipman 205, 210, 346
Eyring Physical Sciences Center 100, 137, 108-84, 200, 205,
208, 213
carillonic bell system 184 dedication of 182 pendulum 183 planetarium 183 telescope 183
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Faculty Advisory Council 303 Faculty Office Building 249 Faculty preschool workshop 204 Fairbanks, Avard 324 Fairbanks, John B. 40, 49 Fairbanks, Justin 324 Fairbanks, Ortho R. 221 Family Movie of the Year award 287
Family Portrait 153 Farms, BYU 148, 221, 324-25 Farnsworth, Philo T. 126 Farrer, Vivien Bonnett 70 Faucette, Reese 152 Faux, Georgia 153 Felt, Dick 290, 340 Fetzer, Henry P. 244 Fidelas 148 Fieldhouse Frolics See Frolics
Fieldhouse Fund Drive 186 Fiesta Bowl 341 Fife, DeVon 22 7, 231 “Fighting Sons of Brigham" 169 Fillerup, Albert 46, 47 Fillerup, Charles 38, 40 Fillerup, Erastus 38 Fillmore, Bill 325 Finch, Harold 70 Finlayson, Vivia 70 First National Bank 19 First National Bank Building 20 Fisher, Orville 294 Fitzroy, George 103 Fix, George A. 159 Flag lowering and raising 237-38, 329
Flake, Chad 318 Fletcher, Charles 164 Fletcher, Harvey 65, 71, 85, 137, 211
biography of 205 Fletcher, James C. 151 Fletcher, Lorena Chipman 65, 205 Fletcher, Milton 70 Fletcher Engineering Science Laboratory Building 137,
178, 205, 215 Flynn, Sally 278-79 Food Services 204, 209 Fools' Frolic 88 Football 110, 154-56, 161, 162, 290-92
at BYA 46, 47 with Coach Edwards 340-41 at old stadium 108 and Old Wagon Wheel 230 Foote, Laura 23 Footprints chorus 236
Forbes, Linda 337 Ford, Gerald R. 334 Forsyth, David 230 Forsyth, Donald 66 Fortie, Eldon “The Phantom" 291 Forum assemblies 189, 119 Fossils 241-42 Foster, Francis 152 Foster, George 79 Foucault pendulum 183 Foulger, Herbert J. 16 Founder's Day 112, 130, 133, 150 See also Homecoming assembly 325 instituted 30 parades 88, 89 reunions on 90 tug-of-war on 87 Fourth Year High School Album 64
Fowler, Robert 311 Fox, Jean 167 Freshmen, hazing of 229-30 Frisby, Catherine Snydergaard 41, 44
Frog pond 72 Frolics 235, 275 Fugal, Lavina C. 214 Fullmer, D. Ray 192, 193 Fullmer, Gene 298-99
G
Galbraith, Betty 174 Gallacher, David 317 Gardner, Arthur 70 Gardner, Diane 265 Gardner, E. Ray 142 Gardner, Frank 277, 312 Gardner, Glenn 291 Gardner, Hamilton 78 Gardner, John Hale 336 Gardner, Mrs. E. Ray 142 Gardner, Roy 67 Garrett, A. O. 115 Gates, Crawford 211,279 Gates, Emma Lucy 58 Gates, M. R. 47 Gates, Susa Young 40, 41, 101 Geddes, Edna 70 Geferans 148 Gehring, Paul 312 General College 199 Gibb, Bruce 269 Gibson, Lottie 86 Gilbert, Paul 287 Giles, Henry E. 22, 33 Giles, Mark 341 Gillespie, Annie L. 112 Gillespie, Gerald 162 Gillespie, Goldie 39 Girls' Day 93 Glade, Earl J. 55, 67, 206 Gledhill, Rip 156 Goates, Helen 252, 316 Goldwater, Barry 336-37 Golf 297
Golightly, Max C. 343 “Go My Son" 273 Goodman, A. Harold 282 Gourley, Bessie Eastmond 68,
103
Gowans, Charles 40 Gowans, E. G. 36, 37 Gowans, Ephraim 23, 25 Gowans, Mary Lyman 23, 25, 36 Graduate School 97, 173, 199 Graduation
See Commencement exercises Grange, Russell 345 Grant, Heber J. 110,119,129 with Board of Trustees 101 at commencement exercises 146, 147 in Germany 15 and Grant Library 112 Grant, Heber J., Oratorical Contest 97, 230 Grant, Mrs. Heber J. 112 Grant Building 114, 176
Grant Library 106, 112-13, 132, 182
dedication of 112 Great Basin Naturalist, The 139 Green, Forace 152 Green, Judy 292 Greenhalgh, Clark 192 Greenwood, Annie Pike 27, 46, 110
Greenwood, Les 82 Greenwood, Vern 82 Griggs, Thomas G. 159 Griggs, Wilford 331 Groesbeck, Cora 25, 37, 40 Groesbeck, Monty 156 Groundskeepers, women 337 Grow, Stewart L. 151, 152, 240, 300
Gudmansen, Mose 44 Gurley, George 160 Gurney, Dale 233 Guymon, Fred E. 238 Gymnastics 82, 342
H
Hafen, Bruce C. 318 Hafen, John 40 Hafen, LeRoy 142 Hafen, Mrs. LeRoy 142 Haight, David B. 276 Hale, Abbey Celestia 30 Hale, Steve 265 Hales, Belle H. 210 Hales, Wayne B. 117,142,182, 346
called as bishop 239 as a department chairman 137 launching balloon 168 as a student 82, 83 Half-Year Abroad 282 Hall, David 47 Hall, H. Tracy 299 Hall, Nels G. 39 Halliday, John R. 117,279,332 Halverson, Ernest 82 Hamana, Karen 273 Hamblin, Jacob 229 Hamblin, Jay 192 Hancock, Anne-Marie Roslof 338 Hanks, Marion D. 240, 329 Hannah, Becky 338 Hansen, Afton 151 Hansen, Afton A. 210 Hansen, George H. 150, 169,
173, 182
Hansen, Grant 164 Hansen, Harold 1. 210, 283
Hansen, H. Kimball 183 Hansen, Janet W. 345 Hansen, Phyllis 184 Hansen, Vivian 206, 212 Hanson, Mary D. 25 Hanson, William F. 76, 103, 195 Hardy, Milton H. 25, 33 Hardy, Thethe 67 Harrington, Daniel 17 Harrington, Leonard E. 9, 11 Harris, Carl 156 Harris, Dennis 21 Harris, Estella Spilsbury 21, 68, 96, 99
Harris, Franklin Stewart 107,
120, 140, 161, 278 biography of 96-97 with Board of Trustees 101 at commencement exercises 146, 147, 174
with faculty 102, 103, 117, 137 playing golf 105 inauguration of 98 as president of BYU 96-97 and Semi-Centennial 111, 112 as a student 65 with students 144, 160 with William Snell 99 Harris, Kerri 328 Harris, Lottie 70 Harris, Mrs. Chasty O. 306
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Harris Fine Arts Center 97, 101, 103, 119, 139, 255-59, 334 Harrison, Loma Jensen 210 Harrison, T. William 164 Harrison, William 121 Hart, Charles J. 75,159 Hart, Eugene 25 Harter, H. G. 122 Hartvigsen, Milton F. 247, 260, 261, 307
Harvey, Katherine 45 Harvey, Paul 287 Hasler, Walter 46 Hassel, Farol 144 Hatch, Aura 186 Hawaiian Club 192 Hawkins, Betty Jo 191 Hawkins, Clarence 66 Haws, Kent 269 Haycock, F. M. 277 Haycock, Mack 312 Hayes, John E. 39, 55, 85, 117, 137, 174
Hayes, Murray 115 Hayes, Murray Oswald 70 Haymond, Brent 184 Haymore, Frank 101, 132 Hayward, Lynn 169 Heaps, DeLynn 312 Heaps, Leon 293 Heath, Harvard 345 Heating plant 245 Heaton, Anna Huish 103 Heaton, Israel C. 75 Hebbert, Naomi 241 Hefford, Sue 337 Helaman Halls 222-23 Helm, J. D. 340 Hemingway, Frank 194 Hemingway, Lynn 194 Henderson, Betty 272 Henderson, Martin P. 100 Henline, Hirum 79 Henning, Paul 49 Heritage Halls 213-14,233 Hess, Bill 334 Hevelius, Johannes 318 Hibbert, Lovell 156 Hibler, Winston 287 Hickman, George 50 Hickman, Josiah E. 44 Higbee, John S. 3 Higgs, Brigham T. 41, 44 Higgs, B. T. 193 Higgs, Delilah 121 High School Building 31, 32, 42, 56, 67
See also Academy Building;
Education Building library 87
High School Journalism Conference 97, 232
Hill, Armin J. 308,310 Hill, Gary 294 Hill, George R. 65, 66 Hill, Max 246 Hillman, Russ 293 Hinckley, Afton 121 Hinckley, Alonzo 37 Hinckley, Bryant S. 25, 33, 37,
38, 221
Hinckley, Edwin S. 44, 55, 110, 182
biography of 54 as counselor to President Brimhall 52, 85 as a student 25, 36 Hinckley, Fred 156 Hinckley, Gordon B. 240, 260, 316, 321, 329
Hinckley, Mrs. Robert H. 256 Hinckley, Robert H. 256 Hinckley, Sam 46 Hirschi, Willard 295 Hoaglund, Georgia 45, 65 Hodson, Hap 116 Holbrook, Lafayette 101, 146 Holbrook, Leona 150, 158 Holdaway, Edna 70 Holdaway, Hugh 79 Holdaway, Ray 66
Holladay, Rozelle 39 Holt, Edward H. 33, 38, 44, 55, 99, 112, 345 Holt, Grant 164 Homecoming 150, 232-35, 243, 343
See also Founder's Day assembly 195
court 192, 235, 265, 292, 328 parade 232
Home economics students and faculty 102
Honors Program 199, 241 Horne, Joseph L. 44, 46 Hotel Roberts 148, 161 Hotel Utah 141 Hot pots 65 Howard, Bob 156 Howard, Doug 298-99 Howard, Orin 159 Hoyt, Harrison Val 100, 112, 129 Hoyt, Mrs. Harrison Val 129 Huang sisters 275 Hubbard, Alvin G. 127 Hubbard, Penny 214 Huber, Carol 265 Hudspeth, Tommy 291, 292 Hughes, Maurine Murdock 153 Hughes, William M. 47 Huish, Albert E. 85 Hullinger, Tars 156 Humphrey, Hubert H. 287 Hunt, May Ward 85 Hunter, Howard W. 240 Hunter, Jim 160 Hunter, John 79 Hunter, Richard 269 Hutchins, Amelia Fillerup 25 Hutchins, Colleen Kay 192 Hutchins, Mel 192, 193, 292, 293 Hyde, David 46, 47 Hyde, Ronald G. 101, 336 Hydrogen-powered automobile 325
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Idle, Ermalita 150 "I Love You, Utah Valley" 53 Indian Education Program 199 Indian students 272-74 Indian tribal leaders 203 Indoor Tennis Courts Building 247
Influenza epidemic 92 Ingersoll, Grant 159 Insects 330
Institute, Twentieth Ward 16 Institute for Ancient Studies 331 Institute of Book of Mormon Studies 199
Institute of Government Service 199
Institute of Mormon Studies 199 Intercollegiate Knights 72, 194 International Folk Dancers 280, 281, 326
International Week 274 Invitational Track and Field Meet 93, 339
Invitational Track and Field Meet and Relay Carnival 74, 157-58
Irene (princess of Greece) 288 Ironton Plant, U S. Steel 321 Isgreen, Emil B. 21, 23, 25 Ivins, Anthony W. 146
J
Jack, Cecil 273 Jackson, Newton 65 Jackson, Richard W. 185 Jacob, Clarence 67-71 Jacob, Elmer 66, 70, 71 Jacob, Wendell 286 Jacobs, David 269 Jacobs, Irvin 79
Jamboree 152 James, Ken 294 James, Sherald 295 Jameson, Alexander 25 Jarman, Boyd 293 Jarvis, Clarence S. 65 Jeffrey, Iliff 163 Jenkins, Mabel Borg 66 Jensen, Christen 85, 102, 201 in academic costume 70 as acting president of BYU 173, 185 biography of 99 as dean of Graduate School 137
Jensen, C. N. 112 Jensen, Edgar M. 103 Jensen, Gary 246 Jensen, Ivie Garner 210 Jensen, James 242 Jensen, Julia B. 70 Jensen, Mary Bee 280 Jensen, Myrtie 104 Jensen, Peter Joseph 44 Jensen, Sandi 278-79 Jensen, Vernal 174 Jeppsen, Ernest C. 225, 226 Jeppsen, Wilma 157 Jerusalem 272 Jimas, Jim 294 Johannesen, Grant 285 Johansen, John A. 47 John, David 31, 345 Johnson, A. Rex 101 Johnson, A. Theodore 65 Johnson, Brian 343 Johnson, Charles R. 85 Johnson, Ferg 79 Johnson, Floyd 289, 341 Johnson, Joe 160 Johnson, John 25 Johnson, LeRoy 253 Johnson, Ted 231 Jones, Clarence 79 Jones, Eddie 242 Jones, Harlow 156 Jones, J. D. 31 Jones, J. Petty 195 Jones, Kellie 338 Jones, Lewis 70 Jones, Lorin 121 Jones, Mary Donna 191 Jones, Richard 293 Jones, Rollo S. 221 Jones, Vivian 242 Jordan, David Starr 74 Jorgensen, Nora 47 Jorgensen, Ovena 47 Joseph Smith Memorial Building 121, 133-36, 173, 176, 202, 209, 280
cafeteria 135, 166 dedication of 133 Journal of Pedagogy, The 37 Judd, John 47 Judd, Patricia 211 Junior Prom 153, 231, 266
K
KBYU 191 KB YU -TV 257 Keeler, J. J. 139,176,259 Keeler, Joseph B 22, 23, 33, 44, 55, 92
biography of 54 as counselor to President Brimhall 52, 85 as steward of boarding house 24
as a student 17 Keeler, Karl 70 Keith, Wayne 211 Keller, Helen 74 Keller, Louise 37 Kelley, Ralph 153 Kelshaw, Robert W. 212 Kennedy, David M. 276 Kennedy, John F. 271 Kennedy, Robert F. 288
Ketcher, Beverly 272 Kibitzer 181 Kienke, Asa 49 Killebrew, Harmon 299 Killian, George 153 Kilpack, Frank W. 239 Kimball, Camilla Eyring 192 Kimball, Charles 66 Kimball, C. Rodney 192, 289,
293
Kimball, E. 47 Kimball, Edwin R. (Eddie)
161-62, 168, 184, 253, 293 Kimball, Spencer W. 192, 320, 329, 334
receives Exemplary Manhood Award 330
King, Arthur Henry 318, 333 King, Elmer 79 King, Karl V. 122 King, Murray 40 Kirkham, E. J. 78 Kirkham, Hyrum (Thomas) 47 Kirkham, Oscar A. 63 Klein, Robert 277 Kleinschmidt, Rufus Von 200 Knaphus, T. S. 117 Knight, Amanda Inez See Allen, Inez Knight Knight, Jesse 42, 55, 61, 90 Knight, Jesse William 42,112, 131
Knight, Lucy Jane Brimhall 179 Knight Building 42, 223-24 Knight-Mangum Hall 42, 179-80 cafeteria 180 "Knitting Song, The" 91 Knudsen, Clarence 159 Knudsen, Hilda 102, 104 Knudsen, Julia Brown 68 Knudsen, Nels William 47 Knudsen, Silky 156 Koenig, Bob 265 Kopp, Hal 290, 292 Kragthorpe, Dave 340 Kramer, Steve 294 Kuhni, Ralph 312
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Laboratory School 269-70 Ladies Work Department 40 Lamanite Generation 273-74 Lamb, Fred 66
Lambda Delta Sigma clubs 148, 169
Lambert, A. C. 117, 137, 169 Lambert, Carlisle 163 Lambert, C. O. 277 Lambert, James 163 Laney, George C. 65 Langford, Karolyn 231 Language Training Mission 129, 130, 179, 322-23 LaRoe, Wilbur, Jr. 201 Larsen, A. Dean 318 Larsen, Bent F. 102, 103, 116, 117, 138, 256 Larsen, Dennis 325 Larsen, Heber 46 Larsen, Mrs. Bent F. 256 Larsen, Orville 46, 47 Larsen, Therese Maeser 26 Larson, Clinton 80, 81 Latin-American Studies Program 199
Laundry 247 LaVadis 148 Law, Diane 338 Law, Vernon 298 Lawrence, James H. 280 Lawrence, Jimmy 185 Lauritzen, Bob 326-27 Laycock, Ralph G. 279, 332, 343-44
LDS Business College 216 Leadership Week 97,119-20,
136
See also Education Week Leavitt, Hafen 162
350
“Legend of Timpanogos, The" 76 Lee, Harold B. 261, 300, 318 with Board of Trustees 240,
329
at Marriott Center dedication 315
at President Oaks's inauguration 304
receives Exemplary Manhood Award 330 Lee, Linda W. 345 Lee, Mrs. Harold B. 252, 316 Lee, Rex E. 212, 230, 318, 319 Lee Library 249-52, 307, 317-18 addition to 316-17 LeFevre, Jesse 46, 47 Leishman, Rodney 312 Leonard, Drew 144 Leonardini, Judith 328 Leonardini, Ruth 328 Les Cicilliennes 148 LeSeuer, Malcolm 160 “Let This Be Heaven" 118 Levi, Edward H. 305 Lewis, Ben E. 207-8, 255, 316, 322
at Marriott Center dedication 314, 315
as a student 144 Lewis Building 5, 7, 18, 110 fire 18-19
Lewis, George K. (Georkee) 123, 156
Lewis, Lorean 164 Lewis, Maridell 226 Lewis, Mary 66 Lewis, Russell 239 Libraries 87,112,113,249-52, 316-18
Liday, Bob 167 Life Sciences Center 246-47 Life Sciences Museum 114,331 Likehin, Laura 272 Lillywhite, Mrs. Cleo 331 Lindy 232 Linford, Paul 341 Lloyd, Bernice Chipman 68 Lloyd, Vaughn 162 Lloyd, Wesley 159 Lloyd, Wesley P. 173, 175 as dean of students 137, 210, 212
and Smith Fieldhouse 184-85, 186
LoBue, Sam 341 Loflin, JoJean 268 Loha-Os 148 London 282 Loo, Denise 338 Loo, Lae 338 Loose, Charles Edwin 42 Loose, Erma 71 Loring, Eugene 211 Love, Hugh E. 70 Love, William 79 Lower Campus 127, 140, 269 fountain 85, 86 gateway 84 Lowrey, Wallace 45 Lowry, Martha 214 Ludlow, Jim 185 Lund, Anthony C. 22, 25, 44, 45, 66, 75
Lyman, Amy Brown See Brown, Amy Lyman, Richard R. 90, 98, 112 as a student 25, 36 Lyon, David R. 237
M
Mabey, Albert 66 McAllister, George S. 26 McAllister, J. 103 McAllister, Joseph 63 McAllister, Nettie Maeser 26 McAllister, Theresa 26 McAllister, Wilford 63 McArthur, Eugene 46 McArthur, Maud 47
McArthur, Ross J. 226 “Macbeth" 259 McClellan, Charles E. 70 McCombs, Ruth Ann 326 McCombs, Terry 326 McCune, Alfred William 42 McCune School of Music and Art 216-17
McDonald, Ella Gibbs 172 McDonald, Howard Stevenson 174, 180, 192, 201 with A. Ray Olpin 175 in Archives Department 307 biography of 172-73 as president of BYU 172-73 McDonald Student Health Center 173, 218
See also Student Health Center McGregor, Joseph 25 McGuire, John 66 McKay, David O. 205, 213, 238, 284
at commencement exercises
146, 173, 204, 285
at inauguration of President Wilkinson 201 at Leadership Week 120 and McKay Building 217-18 opens Campus Drive 242 as supporter of BYU 97 McKay, David O., Award for
Athletic Excellence 298-99 McKay, Mrs. David O. 218 Mackay, Thomas W. 331 McKay Building 213, 217-18 McKendrick, Wilford M. 25, 33, 36, 37
McKnight, Kent 275 McLean, Fannie 68 McLean, Herbert E. 343, 344 McMurdie, Maughan 279 McMurray, Wanda 174 McNamara, Delbert 183 McOmber, Emerson 160 McTavish, Kenneth 253 Madrid 282
Madsen, Florence Jepperson 66, 104, 256
biography of 103 Madsen, Hans Franklin 102, 104,
147, 256
biography of 103 Maeser, Anna 26 Maeser, Anna Therese Mieth 14, 15
death of 26 Maeser, Camille 26 Maeser, Emil 23, 25, 26, 33 Maeser, Emilie Damke 26 Maeser, Eva 26 Maeser, Georgia 26 Maeser, Gilbert 26 Maeser, Karl Gottfried 16, 25, 200
biography of 14
birthplace of 15
called to organize BYA 14-15
with BYA faculty 21, 22, 23
death of 27
family of 26
family home of 16
funeral for 27
released as principal 26, 31
statue of 221
studio of 16
as Superintendent of Church schools 24 Maeser, Lillian 26 Maeser, Ottilie 23, 25, 26, 33 Maeser, Reinhard 16, 26 Maeser, Sarah S. 26 Maeser, Sherwin 26 Maeser Memorial Building 42, 60-61, 85, 106, 132, 176, 201 assembly room in 137 as a barracks 91 under construction 62 cornerstone laying for 61 hall of 151
opening of, cornerstone 346 and Semi-Centennial 111, 112
Magleby, Elizabeth Maiben See Maiben, Elizabeth Magleby, Francis 222 Magleby, Heber 49 Magleby, Jacob 37 Magleby, McRay 344 Magleby, Russell 160 Mahoney, Ray 70 Mahoney, Tim 341 Maiben, Elizabeth H. 46, 345 Majorettes 191, 231 Malmrose, Don 293 Mandelin and Guitar Club 69 Mangum, Jennie Knight 179, 200 Mangum, Lester 66 Mann, Ralph 296, 298-99 Manson, Hunter 156 Manwaring, Ernest 133 Markham, Aldus 164 Markham, Fred L. 133, 179, 181, 185, 214, 219, 252 as alumni representative 277 as Banyan editor 122 at groundbreaking ceremonies 180, 345
Marriott, J. Willard 313, 314, 315 Marriott, Mrs. J. Willard 313,
314
Marriott Center 310-15 dedication of 195, 314-15 Marshall, Julia T. 210 Marshall, Milton 137, 168, 183 Martin, Thomas L. 102, 137, 169 with agronomy class 101 in faculty quartet 102 with Harrison R. Merrill 119 Martin Building 101, 246 Mason, Paul 121 Masterbuilders 68 Master of Business Administration program 199 Matheny, Ray T. 326 Mathesius, Walther 204 Mathews, Conan 255 Matson, Randy 296 Mavor, Roy and June 283 Maw, Charles E. 85, 182 Maxfield, Neldon 259, 305 Maxwell, Neal A. 334 Maycock, Howard 253 Mechanic Arts Building 92, 93, 106
See also Brimhall Building Mellor, Beatrice 70 Mellor, Roy 66 Mendenhall, Bayard 47 Mendenhall, Carma 191 Mendenhall, Irene B. 33, 37 Mendenhall, Pete 156 Merkeley, Redd 156 Merrill, Amos N. 52, 85, 99, 137 biography of 55 Merrill, Amy L. 100 Merrill, Harrison R. 117, 120, 152, 232
accomplishments of 118 with Thomas L. Martin 119 Merrill, Mrs. Harrison R. 256 Merrill, Joseph F. 173 Metcalf, Robert W. 341 Meyer, John C. 327 MIA Girls Home 249 Michaelis, Elaine 338 Middleton, George W. 25 Miles, Vera 287 Miles, W. H. 7-8 Miller, A. D. 46 Miller, Albert 66 Miller, Bert 47 Miller, Elmer 117 Miller, Johnny 297 Miller, John T. 44 Miller, Karl A. 148,193,346 Miller, Mary Ann 337 Miller, Milton 79 Millet, Floyd 161, 292 football records of 168 as Athletic Director 295, 298-99
with basketball team 162, 192 as a student 160, 161
Miner, Evan 195 Miner, Paul 70 Minson, Roland 292, 293 Missionary and Preparatory Building 58 See also Arts Building Mitchell, Beatrice Maeser 26 Mitchell, David R. 70 Mitchell, Glenna Rae 213 Mitchell, Hal 290 Mitchell, Robert 194 Mitropoulos, Dimitri 285 Mizpah 64 Moffat, James 16 Monsen, Jay 337 Monson, Darrel J. 316 Monson, Horace 142 Monson, Mrs. Horace 142 Monson, Weldon 159 Monteux, Pierre 284 Montezuma Canyon 326 Montgomery, Richard 192 Moore, S. D., Jr. 70 Moran, Charles 235 Morgan, Andrew 25 Morgan, Nicholas G. 221 Morley, Alonzo J. 139, 145, 169, 191, 256
Mormon Arts Ball 335 Mormon Festival of Arts 335 Morris Center 245 Morris, Ed 167 Morris, Laval S. 102 Morrison, Linnea 206 Mortensen, Ray 195 Mortenson, Mae 68 Morton, Ermel 152 Moss, Frank E. 287 Motokawa, Mac 298 Moyle, Henry D. 200, 238 Mud Bowl 234 Mugwero, James 275 Murdock, Alba 25 Murdock, Royal J. 39, 45, 101 Murdock, Virginia Chipman 68 Murdock Academy 50 Murphy, Elaine 206 Muskie, Edmund 337 Myster Club 68
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Naisbitt, Henry 7-8
Nakamura, Michiko 325
Naranjo, Ima 274
Nautilus 148
Nelke, Miriam 45
Nelson, A. C. 25
Nelson, Byron 160
Nelson, Carl 70
Nelson, Donald K. 277, 316, 318
Nelson, Donald T. 276
Nelson, Elmer 103
Nelson, Joseph 22,25,113,114
Nelson, Joe 192,193,292
Nelson, Lowry 115, 118, 119
Nelson, Nels L. 21, 23, 25, 33,
44, 55
Nemelka, Dick 294 Neuren, Leon 70 "New Moon" 136 New York Philharmonic 285 Nibley, Anna Parkinson 68 Nibley, Hugh 331 Nicholes, Henry J. 308 Nicholes, Joseph K. 67,165-66, 182, 309
Nicholes, Olive Maiben 67 Nicholes Chemistry Stores Building 308-9
Nicholson, John 16
Nielsen, Evan 192
Nielsen, Norm 277
Nielsen, Reed 212
Nielsen, Swen 212
Nielsen, Stefenee 265, 278-79
Nielson, Axel 25
Nisonger, Hap 159
Nixon, Richard M. 286, 315, 328
Nixon, Tricia 288
351
Normal, The 36, 37 Normal College 30 graduates of 46 membership certificate 48 report card 17 Norris, Kathy 328 North Building 179, 213 Noyes, Frank 21 Nuttall, L. John 99
o
Oakley, Ovena Jorgensen 46 Oaks, Cheri 304, 306 Oaks, D allin D. 304, 306 Oaks, Dallin Harris 307-8, 330, 331, 334
biography of 302-3 with Board of Trustees 329 as a football player 304 at groundbreaking ceremonies 319, 345
inauguration of 304-6 and Lee Library 252, 316 lights BYU birthday cake 325 at Marriott Center dedication 314, 315
as president of BYU 303 Oaks, June Dixon 302, 304, 306, 307, 314
Oaks, Lloyd 304, 306 Oaks, Sharmon 304, 306, 308 Oaks, Stella H. 306 Oaks,TruAnn 304,306 Oborn, Kent 292 Ogden, John 291 Ogden, Steve 291 Okerlund, Edward 333 Old Wagon Wheel 230 "Old Y Bell, The" 76,195 Oliver, James A. 44 Oliverson, Glen 167 Ollorton, Anna 104, 105 Olpin, A. Ray 175, 201 Olpin, Dee 312 Olsen, Bruce L. 264, 308, 336 Olsen, Frank 37 Olson, Mel 340 Opera House 88 Oratorio Choir 305 Orchesis 326
Orchestras 66, 67, 141, 153, 280, 305
Order is Love, The 335 Organs 176, 259 Oscarson, Don 211 Osmond, Alfred 62 O. S. Travatas 148 Otteson, Nephi 46 Ottinger, George M. 16
P
Pace, Alan 267 Pace, Howard 253 Packard, Hannah 103 Packard, Paul 156, 159 Packer, Boyd K. 248, 329, 334 Page, Anna 102 Palfreyman, lone 102, 104 Palmer, Blaine 194 Pardoe, Bill 164 Pardoe, Kathryn B. 117, 153,
206. 256
Pardoe, T. Earl 103, 131, 169,
230. 256
accomplishments of 206 in faculty quartet 102 Paris 282 Parker, Bartle 70 Parker, George P. 66 Parking problems 87 Parkinson, Annette 71 Parsons, Robert J. 317 Parsons, Russ 160 Partridge, Ernest D. 55, 69, 71 Pauli, Julie Ann 292 Paulsen, Hans 46
Paulson, Ford 277 Paulson, John 304 Paulson, Melvin G. 86 Paxman, Anna Sharp 68 Paxman, Deloss 70 Paxton, Walter 50 Payne, Christine 265 Pearce, Wayne 247 Pearson, Carol Lynn 335 Peeters, Flor 259 Pep Clubs on Review 157-58 Pep group 142 Peppers, Colleen 346 Pereira, William L., and Associates 255
Perry, Janice 272 Perry, Leland 207 Pershing, John J. 81 Petersen, David 47 Petersen, Mark E. 239, 240, 329 Petersen, Marsha 337 Petersen, Patti 278-79 Peterson, Alene Strong 142 Peterson, Andrew 46 Peterson, Charles 253, 312 Peterson, C. R. 84, 101 Peterson, Dale 253 Peterson, Dean A. 153, 278 Peterson, E. G. 112 Peterson, Hans C. 65 Peterson, Henry 25, 38 Peterson, Hermese 44, 210 Peterson, H. J. 79 Peterson, Hugh W. 142 Peterson, John 25, 46 Peterson, John C. 70 Peterson, June 226 Peterson, Kanute 71 Peterson, "Pete" 71 Peterson, Peter C., Jr. 84 Peterson, Stanley A. 331 Pettet, Duchesne 214 Pfund, Marion C. 220 Phelps, Ottilie Maeser See Maeser, Ottilie Philharmonic Orchestra 305 Phillips, Dr. 40 Phillips, George F. 33 Phillips, R. Douglas 331 Physical education class 50, 56, 125
Physical Education Day 324 Physical education demonstrations 264
Physics laboratory 64
Piccard, Jean 140
Pickett, Ellis 63
Pierce, Isaac Riley 47
Pindleton, John 50
Pinegar, Max 269
Pintar, Mary 164
Pioneer Day parade 86
Polynesian Week 274
Polysophical Society 21-22
Pope, Karl T. 343
Post of Beaver 50
Posture Parade 157-58
Potter, Glenn 145,196,307,339
Potter, Pearl 45
Pottery class 330
Poulsen, J. 145
Poulson, M. Wilford 70
Poulson, Wilfred M. 138
Powelson, George 37
Pratt, Orson 7-8, 182
Pratt, Valton Merrill 44
Preference Ball 269
Preparatory School 57
President's home 106, 107, 304
Press Department 132
Preston, Sadie 45
Price, Robert 39
Probert, Marion 290
Program Bureau 278
Prohibition 63
Project LIFE 307
Provo Airport 168
Provo High School
swimming pools 164-65 Provo railroad station 124 Provo Tabernacle 19,74,98,121,
141, 153
BYU Semi-Centennial at 110 graduation at 65, 146-47 role of, in BYU history 44 Provo Temple 321-22,331 Provo Third LDS Ward Recreation Hall 166
Provo Woolen Mills 90 Prusse, Pete 167 Public Service Bureau 143, 278 Puzey, Henry 16 Pyott, Marie 144
Q
Quarnstrom, Blaine 269
R
Raile, Tobe 160 Railroad, "Orem" interurban 125-26, 155
Railway Company, Provo City 35 Ramage, Tom 340 Ramsey, George A. 25, 36 Randolph, Lee 115 Rasband, J. Sylvan 70 Rasmussen, Andrew T. 85 Rasmussen, Ellis R. 331 Ray, C. D. 38 Raymond, Craig 294 Raymond Grove 59, 73, 157 replaced by building 180 trailers in 169 Read, Tom 264 Receiving Department 178 Redd, Edith 65 Redd, Hattie 45 Redd, Kathy 229 Red Elk, Margaret 272 Rees, Thomas D. 46 Reese, John 55, 66 Reese, Joseph A. 101 Reese, J. T. 79 Reese, Lafe 49 Reeve, Bill 133
Registration 113, 134, 189, 203, 333
Reid, Claire W. 85, 91, 92 Report card 17 Research Division 97, 199
Read, Tom 264 Receiving Department 178 Redd, Edith 65 Redd, Hattie 45 Redd, Kathy 229 Red Elk, Margaret 272 Rees, Thomas D. 46 Reese, John 55, 66 Reese, Joseph A. 101 Reese, J. T. 79 Reese, Lafe 49 Reeve, Bill 133
Registration 113, 134, 189, 203, 333
Reid, Claire W. 85,91,92 Report card 17 Research Division 97, 199 Restoration, The 332 Reynolds, Alice Louise 62, 70, 110, 112
with faculty 44, 55, 85, 104 as a student 25, 38 Reynolds, George 16 Reynolds, Mark 330, 336-37 Rialto Club 66 Rich, Dean 334 Rich, Naoma 105 Rich, Stella P. 104 Richards, Alma 80-81 Richards, Bert 79 Richards, Denise 337 Richards, Fred 159 Richards, Gomer 38 Richards, Jeanette 40 Richards, LeGrand 240, 329 Richards, Lynn S. 260, 346 Richards, Mrs. Stephen L 260
Richards, Stephen L 185, 218 at commencement exercises 101, 147, 204 at groundbreaking 180 at inauguration of President Wilkinson 201 quotation from 261 Richardson, Jed 264 Richardson, Walter 211 Richards Physical Education Building 259-61 Richey, Joe 293, 298-99 Richmond, Fred G. 39, 47 Ridd, Kean 297 Riddle, M. C. 79 Rigby, Sam 70 Riggs, William 50 Right Honorable Saint 343 Rivera, Keith 341 Roberson, Marvin 289 Roberts, Betha 104 Roberts, Eugene L. 63, 78, 85, 119
with athletes 79, 80, 82, 159 biography of 74-75 on Cluff expedition 49 and cougars 123 as a student 45 and Timpanogos hike 76 Roberts, Helena 68 Roberts, Neil 294 Robertson, LeRoy 103, 139, 153 Robertson, Naomi N. 210 Robinson, Edward 21 Robinson, Elmo 178 Robinson, G. E. 37 Robinson, J. Robert 70 Robinson, May 39 Robison, Clarence 295 Robison, Clayne 332 Robison, Collie 38 Robison, Mamie Calder 70 Robison, Reid 324, 330 Rockefeller, Nelson A. 334 Rockne, Knute 156 Rockwood, Lavar 286 Rocky Mountain Speech and Drama Festival 97 Rodeo 268 Rogers, W. 145 Rollins, Carl 290 Romney, Antone K. 175, 238, 299
Romney, Elwood 160 Romney, George Ottinger (Ott) 159-61
Romney, Golden 156, 159 Romney, Jean 192 Romney, Jerry 293 Romney, Marion G. 239, 240, 252, 315, 319 Romney, Myrlene 192 Romney, Thomas C. 70 Romulo, Carlos 286 Rosada, Dana 292 Ross, Milton 256 Ross, Minnie Margetts 256 Ross, Stephen W. 40 Rotherson, Robin 267 Rowberry, C. Joseph 277 Rowberry, Dick 231 Rowley, Herman 163 Ruff, Robert 143 Ruffner, Bill 294 Russell, Mike 341 Russell, Ray 70 Russell, Tim 289 Russon, J. F. 67 Ryan, Jim 296 Rydalch, William E. 25
s
Sagerooters 69
Sainsbury, Robert H. 65
St. Francis of Assisi School 319
Salim, Sedigheh 338
Salisbury, Gee 39
Salmon, Mattie 66
Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir 287
352
Salzburg 282 Sandburg, Carl 286 Sandgren, Clyde D. 195, 196,
239, 240
"Sand in Their Shoes'' 211 Sansome, Charles 16 Santaquin Day 272 Sardoni, Lawrence 134, 279 Sauer, Robert 67,103,111,123, 140
Sauls, Elizabeth C. 210, 220 Sauls, Kiefer B. 99, 137, 174 Savage, Charles R. 16 Savage, Henry 142 Schmidt, Donald T. 318 Schmitz, Robert 153 Schofield, Nellie 45 School
Cluff Hall 5 First Ward 5, 7 Kinsey Building 5 pioneer 3 Schouten, Ron 294 Schreiner, Alexander 176 Schumaker, Viola 85 Schuman, Paul 344 Schwendiman, Fred A. 238, 308, 316, 322
Seagren, Bob 296 Sea urchin 247 Seegmiller, Marjorie 152 Seely, Doyle 269 Seely, D. W. 70 Semester Abroad 282 "Semi-Centennial Prayer" 110 Seminary, Provo 6-7 Senior Trek 194,229 Sensenbach, Al 211 Sessions, Charles 186 Sessions, Madelene 210 Sessions, Wyley 133, 137 Sevey, Serepta 47 Sharp, Joseph R. 16 Sheide, Gary 341 Shelley, Tom 79 Shelly, George 25 Shields, Colleen 265 Shimoda, Mary Jane 265 Silvester, L. Jay 298-99 Simper, Dan 241 Simpson, O. J. 296 Simpson, Robert L. 334 Skelton, Robert 25 Skousen, Clarence 160 Skousen, W. Cleon 101, 208, 345 Small, Mary W. Hunt 220 Smart, Henriette (Nettie) Neff 100-101, 104, 115, 137 Smart, Wayne 156 Smith, Emily J. 45 Smith, Ethel 67 Smith, Frank Warren 182 Smith, George Albert 6, 174, 180, 200
Smith, Harold 253 Smith, John Henry 57 Smith, Joseph F. 31,61
dedicated College Building 42 dedicated Missionary and Preparatory Building 57 dedicated Temple Hill 59 as president of Board of Trustees 34
Smith, Joseph Fielding 185 with Board of Trustees 240,
329
at commencement exercises 101, 204
dedicated buildings 214, 218, 219
at inauguration of President Oaks 304
at inauguration of President Wilkinson 201 and Provo Temple 321 Smith, Marvin 143 Smith, Nettie 71 Smith, Oliver R. 117 Smith, Sandi 328 Smith, Thomas 39, 55 Smith, W. Rowe 185
Smith Family Living Center 100, 207, 210, 219-21 Smith Fieldhouse 175, 201, 213, 238, 264
assemblies at 205, 230-31, 286-88
commencement exercises at 204
funds for 261 history of 184-90 last game in 295 track 307
Smokeless Smoker 152 Smoot, Abraham O. 9, 18, 23, 31 biography of 10-11 Smoot, Chloe 71 Smoot, Fern 145 Smoot, Reed 146 as apostle 147 as chairman of Board 42 as senator 61, 73, 74 as a student 17, 19 Smoot Administration and General Services Building 99, 243, 244
Board of Trustees in 240 computers in 210 under construction 223 Smoot Drug Store 19 Snell, Heber C. 67, 70 Snell, William H. 99, 107, 133, 225-26
Snell Industrial Education Building 225
Snow, Aretta 47 Snow, Clarence 40 Snow, Edna 117 Snow, Gordon 164 Snow, Hattie T. 210 Snow, Joseph 40, 50 Snow, Lorenzo 34 Snow, William W. 66 Social Hall 179-80, 201, 202 Social units and clubs 40, 66, 68, 69, 122, 148-49, 192, 229 See also individual groups Soffe, Beth 164 Soffe, Wayne 162, 168, 192 Song leaders 265, 295 Sophomore Loan Fund Ball 151 Sorensen, William 277, 312 Sounds of Freedom 279 South America, Cluff expedition to 31, 49, 74
Southwick, Merlin 70 Southworth, Nettie 21 Spafford, Earl 70 Spanish Fork Club 122 Sperry, Sidney B. 138 "Springtime in the Rockies" 67 Springville High School Gymnasium 292 Squires, John, Jr. 16 S. S. Jones Department Store 19 Stadium
new 106,252-55,324,339 old 108-9, 156, 158, 213, 253, 284
Stadium House 131, 158, 166,
176
Stallings, Art 66 Stallings, Mamie 39 Stapley, Delbert L. 240, 276, 308, 329
Stay, Jesse E. 212,225,235 Stayner, Charles W. 16 Steele, James 39 Stela 5 stone 239 Stevens, Fayette 142 Stevens, Tally 290 Stevenson, Diane 235 Stewart, David M. 7-8 Stewart, Ernest T., Alumni Service Award 336 Stewart, Grace Nixon 122 Stewart, John R. 114 Stewart, Mary Bartholomew 68 Stewart, Melissa R. 114 Stewart, Reed 159 Stewart, Rose Young 114 Stewart, Scott P. 114
Stone, David 268 Stone, Royal 239 Stone ball 332 Storrs, Beulah 45 Stringham, Richard 269 Stromberg, Nancy 282 Student Army Training Corps 91, 92
Student Council 70 Student Counseling Service 173, 175
Student Destiny Fund 210 Student Development Association 316
Student Health Center 178 Student officers orientation conference 270-71 Student Personnel Services 173, 175
Student publications 36 Stum, Robert 224 Sudweeks, Joseph 65 Summerhays, Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum B. 183
Summerhays, Sarah Berrett 183 Summerhays planetarium 183 Sumsion, Bert 121 Sunday playoff games 296 Sundgaard, Arnold 343-44 Survival, outdoor 327 Sutherland, George 18, 28 Sweeney, Joseph 286 Swensen, Albert 143 Swensen, John C. 70,120,130 biography of 100 with faculty 44, 55, 85, 115, 117
with John Dewey 74 as a student 38, 40 Swensen, Russel B. 117, 138 Swenson, Calvin 312 Swenson, Royce 327 Swimming 164-65 Symons, Joseph N. 239 Symphony Orchestra 141 Szalkowski, Bruno 309
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Tabernacle, Provo
See Provo Tabernacle Taft, William Howard 73-74 Ta Lentas 148
Talmage, James E. 17, 55, 182 biography of 24 at commencement exercises 101
with faculty 22 selected as principal of BYA 24 as a student 21 Talmage, John 152 Talmage, John R. 308 Talmage Mathematical Sciences and Computer Building 308, 309
Tanner, Caleb 21, 25 Tanner, Jennie 22, 24 Tanner, J. M. 21 Tanner, Leonard 41 Tanner, Mabel Maeser 26 Tanner, Myron 9, 12, 31 Tanner, N. Eldon 260, 302 with Board of Trustees 240, 329
at inauguration of President Oaks 304
at Marriott Center dedication 315
Tanner, Vasco M. 115,117,206 in his laboratory 139 and insects 330 Tanner, Wilmer W. 331 Tapachule, Mexico 239 Tarbo 123 Tausigs 148, 229 Taylor, Charles M. 239 Taylor, Daniel 239 Taylor, Dunn 159 Taylor, Edith 231 Taylor, Edith Hindley 68
Taylor, Elmina 63 Taylor, Floyd 312 Taylor, Floyd R. 189 Taylor, Golden 163 Taylor, Harvey L. 207, 210 Taylor, Ida Alleman See Alleman, Ida Taylor, Mike 297 Taylor, Thomas 277 Taylor, T. N. 98,105,112 Taylor, Weldon 286 Taylor, Weldon J. 186, 224 Taylor Hall 166 "Teacher's Work is Done, The"
27, 346
Teetzel, Clayton 60, 78, 79 Telefund 277 Telefund, student 317 Temple Hill 106, 108 dedicated 59 Tennis 164 Terry, Anna Evert 85 Terry, L. 145 Tew, William T. 142 Thalians 148 Theater Ballet 326 Thiel, Ted 192 Thomander, Lavonne 226 Thomas, A. L. 31 Thomas, Glen 277 Thomas, Robert K. 268-69, 277, 308, 316, 345
Thompson, Eugene L. 345 Thompson, Jane 273, 278 Thorn, Grant S. 277 Thorn, Paul 160, 253 Thurman, Mae Bell 36, 38 Thurston, Dick W. 310 Tidwell, William D. 241 Time capsule 210 Timpanogos, Mount See Aspen Grove Timpanogos hike 75-77 Timp Lodge 249 Timp Park 155 Tippetts, Lavere M. 253 Tippetts, Twain 133 "To Karl G. Maeser" 27 Tolbert, Max 290 Toolson, Tom 341 Topham, Amenzo 50 Topolinski, John R. 274 Topolotron 336 Townsend, Colleen 193 Track and field 39, 59-60, 7° 79, 82, 295-96, 342 See also Invitational Track and Field Meet Training Building
See Training School Building Training School 89 Training School Building 42, 55, 62
gymnasium 56, 152 Trairiing School children 64,111 Tree of Life stone 239 Tribe of Many Feathers 272 "Trilogy" 139 Trojans 148 Truman, Harry S. 284 Tucker, Karl 297 Tucker, Webster 116 Tuckett, Glen 290, 297 Tuckfield, Maud 102, 104 Tug-of-war 87 Turtle Trot 233 Tuttle, A. Theodore 240, 329 Tuttle, Lucille 103 Twitchell, Alvin 156, 159 Typewriting class 38
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Universe, Daily 36, 265, 271 staff 230
University of Deseret, Timpanogos Branch of 5-6
University Press 132, 178, 213 University Press and Stores Building 247-48
353
Upper Campus 106,132,176, 213, 320 Ure, Ed 167 Usselman, Gary 341 Utah County Building 266 Utah High School Commercial Contest 128 Ute Indians 3, 4
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Val Hyrics 148 Val Norns 148 Van Buren, Chester G. 49, 50 Vance, Wendell 289 Vandenberg, John H. 240, 329 Van Noy, Jay 296 VanValkenburg, Pete 340 Van Wagenen, Dean 153 Vernon, Weston 38, 40 Victor, Roger 194 Vietnam 266-67 Vikings 148
Vincent, Paul D., family 189 Volleyball 338
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Waite, William Noble 275 Wakefield, J. Homer 330-31 Wakefield, Marion 66 Walker, Bernard 160 Walker, Brady 192, 193 Walker, Dilworth 142 W'alker, Kent 227 Walker, Philip 274 Walker, Ron 264 Walker War 4 Wallace, Lon 338 Wallentine, Max V. 221 Walsh, Bertie 68 Wanless, Eva Page 70 Ward, Mrs. Jack See Oaks, Shannon Ward, William F. 85 Warner, F. M. 37 Warner, Mack 159 Warnick, Dulcie Webb 68 Warnick, Effie 102, 130, 220 Warnick, Frederick O. 44 Warren, Dewey 340 Warren, Jana Rae 325 Wasden, Barry 231 Washburn, Paul 2 77 Washburn, Vickie 272, 279 Watkins, Arthur V. 66, 78 Watson, Dan 343 Watters, Merrill 162 Watts, Stan 293-95, 312, 313, 314, 324
Weaving looms 208 Webb, Delbert 47 Weber, Darrell 334 Weeks, Clyde 253 Weeks, Myrtle Thome 70 Weenig, John 133 Weight, Henry 72 Weight, Joe 192 Weight, Kenneth E. 122 Weinzinger, Kurt 279 Weiss, Gilbert 229 Welcome Back assemblies 188, 268
Wells, Daniel H. 15 Wells Building 248 Wentz, Lorna 143 West, Charles 78 West, Franklin L. 117, 147, 182 West, Owen 160 Westfall, Mary Ann 233 Wheelwright, Lorin F. 335, 343, 345, 346
Wheelwright, Thomas 191 Whetten, Lester B. 193 Whicker, Mava 233 Whipple, Jack 192 Whitaker, Charles W. 85 Whitaker, Scott 224 Whitaker, Wetzel O. 224-25, 287
White, Kathy 338 WTiite, Lola B 68 White, Ruth 144 White and Blue, The 36 staff 45, 67
WTiitecotton, Wallace 79 Whiting, Fern 121 Whitman, J. 160 Whittaker, Louise 44 WFiittingham, Fred 340 Widtsoe, John A. 98,111,112,
146, 182
with Board of Trustees 101 bust of 117 with faculty 115 Widtsoe, Leah Dunford 40, 41,
220
Widtsoe Building 246-47 Wilcox, Reed N. 305 Wild West party 124 Wilkinson, Alice Ann 201 Wilkinson, Alice Ludlow 198,
203, 208, 240, 2 88, 346 with family 201 at inauguration 202 lighting cake 325 at resignation 300 as a student 122 Wilkinson, David Lawrence 201 Wilkinson, Douglas Dwight 201 Wilkinson, Ernest Leroy 206,
214, 256, 264, 288 as alumni representative 277 at assemblies 284, 286, 325 as author of BYU history 343, 345
biography of 198-99 with Board of Trustees 240,
329
and buildings 218, 260, 264,
308, 312, 314 with campus plans 207 at commencement exercises 204
as Cosmo 212 with family 201 at games 295 inauguration of 185, 201-2 introduced as president 200 with other presidents 307 as president of BYU 199 resignation of 300 shaking hands 203 with Stela 5 stone 239 as a student 36, 122, 143 and time capsule 210 and weaving looms 208 wins Cougar blanket 241 on Y Day 242
Wilkinson, Ernest Ludlow 201 Wilkinson, Marian 201 Wilkinson Center 121, 199, 209, 261-64, 306 addition to 324 dedication of 261 Memorial Lounge 94, 170, 262 Willardson, Dona 231 Williams, Alan 273 Williams, Arlene 272 Williams, Grant 273 Willis, Judy 282 Wilson, Arnold 310 Wilson, David J. 70,110 Wilson, E. A. 25 Wilson, Guy C. 46,98,115,120 Wilson, Marian 153 Wilson, Max C. 343 Wilson, Meredith O. 131 Wilson, Orrin 79 Wilson, Pam 317 Wilson, Pete 159 Wilson, Warren 330 Wilson Hotel 24 Winter Carnival 143, 164, 271 Winters, William 25 Winterton, Dee R. 343 Wise, Frank S. 224 Wixom, Hartt 265 Wolfe, Walter M. 33, 44, 49 Women's Gymnasium 62, 123,142 basketball at 57, 163
classes at 63, 190 parties at 110,124,128,152 Wood, Clarence 86 Wood, Ray 211 Wood, Stephen L. 330 Woodbury, Lael J. 211,335 Woodhouse, Emma 45 Woodhouse, George 50 Woodruff, Mary 33, 44 Woodruff, Wilford 31, 42 Woods, Lloyd E. 70, 79 Woodward, Don 265 Woodward, H. H. 119 Woodward, Hugh M. 114, 115 Woodward, Ralph 282, 332 Woodworking class 41 Woolley, E. D. 49 Woolley, Rachel 49 Woolley, Royal 49 Woolsey, Mary Hale 67 World of Dance 326 World War I 91-92,94 dead 94
World Wrar II 165-70 dead 170
veterans 173, 174, 190 Worsl ey , Jan ene 317 Worsley, Sadie 55 Worsley, Sara P. 210 Wrestling 163, 298 Wright, Donald 269.
Wright, Les 160 Wymount Cafeteria 179, 213 Wymount Terrace 100, 243 Wymount Village 177, 213, 214, 243
Wyview Park 310-11 Wyview Village 310
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Y 52, 71, 73, 308 lighting of 72 Yates, Thomas A. 25 Yates, Thomas J. 40 Yazzie, Helen 214
Y Day 71, 72, 212, 242 first 71, 72 forerunner of 69
Yell kings 227
Y News 36, 169 staff 127, 143
Young, Aretta 44 Young, Brigham biography of 8-9 educational philosophy of 9 founds BYA 9 statue of 243
Young, Christina D. 33, 40, 44
Young, Clifford 230
Young, Elma 210
Young, Joseph 7-8
Young, Karl 117
Young, Lucy B. 58
Young, Mahonri 243
Young, Mike 298
Young, Nora 45
Young, Richard W. 243
Young, Wayne 342
Young, Willard 110
Young Ambassadors 235
Y Winter Walkers 128-29 YXLMs 148
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ZCM1 warehouse 20, 21, 22, 23, 110
Zimmerman, Tom 279
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